--- title: "14 Way Quotes By Jane Smiley" description: "14 Way quotes by Jane Smiley. Plus more from Jane Smiley and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/jane-smiley-2120_degrees_i-readily-admit-it-is-easy-to-make-of-ho_1564918.png" --- > [I readily admit it is easy to make of horses what we will. Silent, in some ways reserved, they allow us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/i-readily-admit-it-is-easy-to-make-of-horses-what-we-will-silent-in/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6e/jane-smiley-2120_degrees_i-readily-admit-it-is-easy-to-make-of-ho_1564918.png) > [In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The suburban idea, the conformist idea, that agony can be seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/in-the-traditional-urban-novel-there-is-only-survival-or-not-the/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/jane-smiley-2120_agony_in-the-traditional-urban-novel-there-is_683693.png) > [Horse racing is really much more intimidating than anything having to do with literature. When I had horses at the racetrack, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/horse-racing-is-really-much-more-intimidating-than-anything-having-to/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/jane-smiley-2120_books_horse-racing-is-really-much-more-intimid_183603.png) > [With horses, familiarity breeds comfort. If you haven't been around horses for a while (or ever), the best thing to do is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/with-horses-familiarity-breeds-comfort-if-you-haven-t-been-around/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/381/jane-smiley-2120_activity_with-horses-familiarity-breeds-comfort-i_1579482.png) > [I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/i-loved-the-house-the-way-you-would-any-new-house-because-it-is/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d8/jane-smiley-2120_busy_i-loved-the-house-the-way-you-would-any_679145.png) > [I'm a natural novelist. I'm interested in the person and the group, and how they mesh. And one of the ways I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/i-m-a-natural-novelist-i-m-interested-in-the-person-and-the-group-and/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d2/jane-smiley-2120_groups_i-m-a-natural-novelist-i-m-interested-in_1673803.png) > [Many said that now there was no hope of salvation, for a man might do anything and be in the wrong. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/many-said-that-now-there-was-no-hope-of-salvation-for-a-man-might-do/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/jane-smiley-2120_cease_many-said-that-now-there-was-no-hope-of_1145741.png) > [Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/somehow-knowing-that-alzheimer-s-is-coming-mocks-all-one-s/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/jane-smiley-2120_accomplishment_somehow-knowing-that-alzheimer-s-is-comi_2110544.jpg) > [You know what getting married is? It's agreeing to taking this person who right now is at the top of his form,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/you-know-what-getting-married-is-it-s-agreeing-to-taking-this-person/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/jane-smiley-2120_bed_you-know-what-getting-married-is-it-s-ag_45326.png) > [A reader's tastes are peculiar. Choosing books to read is like making your way down a remote and winding path. Your stops…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/a-reader-s-tastes-are-peculiar-choosing-books-to-read-is-like-making/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38c/jane-smiley-2120_book_a-reader-s-tastes-are-peculiar-choosing_2009333.png) > [The body, the mind, and the spirit don't form a pyramid, they form a circle. Each of them runs into the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/the-body-the-mind-and-the-spirit-don-t-form-a-pyramid-they-form-a/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/jane-smiley-2120_abstract_the-body-the-mind-and-the-spirit-don-t-f_1300950.jpg) > [There are five things that societies do: They reproduce; they produce food; they organize themselves in terms of law; they organize themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/there-are-five-things-that-societies-do-they-reproduce-they-produce/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/jane-smiley-2120_art_there-are-five-things-that-societies-do_347019.jpg) > [In many ways, being honest about 'Huckleberry Finn' goes right to the heart of whether we can be honest about our heritage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/in-many-ways-being-honest-about-huckleberry-finn-goes-right-to-the/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecb/jane-smiley-2120_being_in-many-ways-being-honest-about-hucklebe_2287958.png) > ['Ape House' is an ambitious novel in several ways, for which it is to be admired, and it is certainly an easy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/ape-house-is-an-ambitious-novel-in-several-ways-for-which-it-is-to-be/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/jane-smiley-2120_ambitious_ape-house-is-an-ambitious-novel-in-sever_823585.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Jane Smiley > [Some novelists are luckier than others in the eras of their formative intellectual years, but all Weltanschauungs return, which means that most novelists have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/some-novelists-are-luckier-than-others-in-the-eras-of-their-formative/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [There can never be such a thing as a free market, because it is human nature to cheat, monopolize, and buy off others so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/there-can-never-be-such-a-thing-as-a-free-market-because-it-is-human/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [The only siblings I have are half-siblings. My nuclear family would have been an extra-suffocating threesome. Instead, I have an interesting brother and sister,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/the-only-siblings-i-have-are-half-siblings-my-nuclear-family-would/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [How will you know a good farmer when you meet him? He will not ask you for any favors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/how-will-you-know-a-good-farmer-when-you-meet-him-he-will-not-ask-you/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [You know what getting married is? It's agreeing to taking this person who right now is at the top of his form, full of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/you-know-what-getting-married-is-it-s-agreeing-to-taking-this-person/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [Every first draft is perfect, because all a first draft has to do is exist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/every-first-draft-is-perfect-because-all-a-first-draft-has-to-do-is/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [“We watched the swimmers and sunbathers and I thought about this. Had I faced all the facts? It seemed like I had, but actually,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/we-watched-the-swimmers-and-sunbathers-and-i-thought-about-this-had-i/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [“They throw themselves on the waters of the world, and they know they will be borne up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/they-throw-themselves-on-the-waters-of-the-world-and-they-know-they/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [everything is toxic. That's the point. You can't avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/everything-is-toxic-that-s-the-point-you-can-t-avoid-toxins-thinking/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [“Shame is a distinct feeling. I couldn’t look at my hands around the coffee cup or hear my own laments without feeling appalled, wanting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/shame-is-a-distinct-feeling-i-couldn-t-look-at-my-hands-around-the/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [“She could not have created this moment, these lovely faces, these candles flickering, the flash of the silverware, the fragrances of the food hanging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/she-could-not-have-created-this-moment-these-lovely-faces-these/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [Horse racing is really much more intimidating than anything having to do with literature. When I had horses at the racetrack, I would wake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/horse-racing-is-really-much-more-intimidating-than-anything-having-to/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [“Had I faced all the facts It seemed like I had but actually you never know just by remembering how many there were to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/had-i-faced-all-the-facts-it-seemed-like-i-had-but-actually-you-never/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/a-theory-of-creativity-is-actually-just-a-metaphor-a-pool-of-ideas-a/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) > [There are hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings around the United States and in other countries, too. Wright lived into his 90s, and one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/there-are-hundreds-of-frank-lloyd-wright-buildings-around-the-united/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/jane-smiley/#itemlist", "name": "14 Way Quotes By Jane Smiley", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I readily admit it is easy to make of horses what we will. 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