Write every day, just to keep in the habit, and remember that whatever you have written is neither as good nor as… — Jane Smiley Day Copy Share Image
I have noticed before that there is a category of acquaintanceship that is not friendship or business or romance, but speculation, fascination. — Jane Smiley Business Copy Share Image
But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses — Jane Smiley Careers Copy Share Image
The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others. — Jane Smiley Care Copy Share Image
Every novel deals with social problems. It can't help it because the protagonist must come in conflict with his group. So the… — Jane Smiley Analysis Copy Share Image
“But now I saw with fresh conviction that is was us, all of us, who were failing, and the hallmark of our… — Jane Smiley Failure Copy Share Image
“It was the exact combination of the ephemeral and the eternal that a dying man needed to know about.” — Jane Smiley Death Copy Share Image
When I went to first grade and the other children said that their fathers were farmers, I simply didn't believe them. I… — Jane Smiley Believe Copy Share Image
A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together. — Jane Smiley Adventure Copy Share Image
I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning-to-drive part. It has filled… — Jane Smiley Anxiety Copy Share Image
Another thing he told his customers was that one of the great accounting unknowns of the modern age was how to value… — Jane Smiley Accounting Copy Share Image
A horse herd was, in its very essence, the manifestation of the expression 'It's always something. — Jane Smiley Essence Copy Share Image
There weren't too many books by women that were taught in school, so I read those on my own, and the books… — Jane Smiley Book Copy Share Image
“She knew one of the great family truths, that aunts always help, whilr moms always think it would be good for you… — Jane Smiley Family Copy Share Image
“Everyone starved. Starvation is a potent weapon, and the Bolsheviks are happy to wield it. The cheapest way to get rid of… — Jane Smiley Dictatorship Copy Share Image
When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to… — Jane Smiley Again Copy Share Image
Is human nature basically good or evil? No economist can embark upon his profession without considering this question, and yet they all… — Jane Smiley Considering Copy Share Image
“Seeing him somewhere was always a pleasure, like taking a drink of water.” — Jane Smiley Fiction-novel Copy Share Image
I was an only child. I've known only children. From this experience, I do believe that the children should outnumber the parents. — Jane Smiley Believe Copy Share Image
When people leave, they always seem to scoop themselves out of you. — Jane Smiley People Copy Share Image
“So all I have is the knowledge that I saw! That I saw without being afraid and without turning away, and that… — Jane Smiley Forgiveness Copy Share Image
“...and that's how the tournament started, the Million Dollar World Series of Monopoly... ...Jess and Pete thought alike -- like city boys,… — Jane Smiley World series Copy Share Image
