“...but from this distance, the velvety reds, flashing yellows and glassy whites [of the roses] seemed to break up the light of… — Jane Smiley Flowers Copy Share Image
“Leaving any bookstore is hard, especially on a day in August, when the street outside burns and glares, and the books inside… — Jane Smiley Books Copy Share Image
In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it. — Jane Smiley Desire Copy Share Image
“Every first draft is perfect because all the first draft has to do is exist. It's perfect in its existence. The only… — Jane Smiley First-drafts Copy Share Image
When I came home for the summer after my first year of college, I told my mother that my best friend and… — Jane Smiley Best Copy Share Image
A novelist has two lives-- a reading and writing life, and a lived life. he or she cannot be understood at all… — Jane Smiley Life Copy Share Image
Novelists of a conservative or more purely aesthetic bent hold up better on the surface, but their novels go in and out… — Jane Smiley Aesthetic Copy Share Image
In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown… — Jane Smiley December Copy Share Image
I love to write about sex. You just have to make it idiosyncratic. You have to have a strong comprehension of your… — Jane Smiley Character Copy Share Image
“Rosie and Mary had taken only a 10 percentage of this privilege - they were three minutes late leaving their room and… — Jane Smiley Midwest Copy Share Image
