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> [Stories of all lengths and depths come from different parts of the cave. For a novel, you must lay in mental, physical and spiritual provision as for a siege or for a time of hectic explosions, while a short story…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/stories-of-all-lengths-and-depths-come-from-different-parts-of-the/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

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## More by Jane Gardam

> [“What I don't want is to be called an octogenarian. I saw 'Octogenarian Jane Gardam' and I thought 'Blow me!' I mean, I am,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/what-i-don-t-want-is-to-be-called-an-octogenarian-i-saw-octogenarian/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/i-just-knew-i-would-be-a-writer-it-just-seemed-the-only-sensible/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/i-think-the-most-dangerous-influence-for-a-young-writer-is-to-be/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [“His colleagues at the Bar called him Filth, but not out of irony. It was because he was considered to be the source of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/his-colleagues-at-the-bar-called-him-filth-but-not-out-of-irony-it/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [When I was young and the empire was beginning to disintegrate, the idea was absolutely unbelievable, particularly to children who'd been taught that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/when-i-was-young-and-the-empire-was-beginning-to-disintegrate-the/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [“Judges live with shadows behind them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/judges-live-with-shadows-behind-them/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [I hate the idea of sequels. I think you should be able to do it in one book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/i-hate-the-idea-of-sequels-i-think-you-should-be-able-to-do-it-in-one/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [Only a great genius like the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell can be mother, wife and novelist without solitude. I couldn't write until my youngest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/only-a-great-genius-like-the-victorian-novelist-elizabeth-gaskell-can/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [I longed from a tiny child to get away on my own. When I was five, I walked out along the sands from Redcar,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/i-longed-from-a-tiny-child-to-get-away-on-my-own-when-i-was-five-i/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [The complexion of a novelist is seldom rosy (Paul Bailey once announced to a heavy-hearted audience of novelists at PEN that we have always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/the-complexion-of-a-novelist-is-seldom-rosy-paul-bailey-once/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [Stories of all lengths and depths come from different parts of the cave. For a novel, you must lay in mental, physical and spiritual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/stories-of-all-lengths-and-depths-come-from-different-parts-of-the/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/english-country-life-is-more-like-chekhov-than-the-archers-or-thomas/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [Mum was a tremendous Anglo-Catholic. Very impressive, actually. She made me go to church for years - I still don't want to because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/mum-was-a-tremendous-anglo-catholic-very-impressive-actually-she-made/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [I was nearly 40 when I started. I had no fear that I wasn't going to write. I knew it was just delayed. Then,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/i-was-nearly-40-when-i-started-i-had-no-fear-that-i-wasn-t-going-to/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

> [“So the years passed and everyone grew old and Nell’s husband died and Hilda grew to be a large, angry sort of woman very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-gardam/so-the-years-passed-and-everyone-grew-old-and-nell-s-husband-died-and/)

[Jane Gardam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-gardam/)

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