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title: "80 John Fante Quotes - Famous Writer (Ask the dust)"
description: "John Fante quotes stress raw experience for writers, the warmth of work, and the Bible as a source of personal growth."
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# John Fante

(1909–1983)   Writer   United States

 **80** quotes in **358** categories

Experience fuels a writer’s fire, says Fante. He urges young authors to seek new, raw moments and to let the seamy side of life fill their pages. He also finds warmth in work, freedom of movement, and even the Bible as a guide for personal growth.

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John Fante was a writer from the United States, best known for *Ask the dust*.

## Quick Facts About John Fante

Born April 8, 1909

Died May 8, 1983

Nationality United States

Profession Writer

Notable works Ask the dust

Known for Wait until Spring, Bandini, The Road to Los Angeles, Ask the Dust, West of Rome, Dago Red

Spouse Joyce Fante

## About John Fante

John Fante was an American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novel Ask the Dust (1939) about the life of Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer in Depression-era Los Angeles. It is widely considered the great Los Angeles novel, and is one in a series of four, published between 1938 and 1985, that are now collectively called "The Bandini Quartet." Ask the Dust was adapted into a 2006 film starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek. Fante's published works while he lived included five novels, one novella, and a short story collection. Additional works, including two novels, two novellas, and two short story collections, were published posthumously. His screenwriting credits include, most notably, Full of Life, Jeanne Eagels (1957), and the 1962 films Walk on the Wild Side and The Reluctant Saint.

##  Quotes by John Fante

> [“Leave town, Henry. Leave before they trap you”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/leave-town-henry-leave-before-they-trap-you/)

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> [“When your weakness are your strengths, you cry.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/when-your-weakness-are-your-strengths-you-cry/)

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> [“Religion is the opium of the people!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/religion-is-the-opium-of-the-people/)

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[Opium](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/opium/)

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> [When stuck, hit the road.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/when-stuck-hit-the-road/)

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[Journey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/journey/)

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> [“Come on! Who wants to fight me?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/come-on-who-wants-to-fight-me/)

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> [“The intelligent man makes certain reservations as to the choice of his listeners.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/the-intelligent-man-makes-certain-reservations-as-to-the-choice-of/)

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[Choice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choice/)

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> [“I was satisfied that I had done my best. She was insane.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/i-was-satisfied-that-i-had-done-my-best-she-was-insane/)

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[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/john-fante-6848_best_i-was-satisfied-that-i-had-done-my-best_2813980.jpg)

> [“The celestial hypothesis is sheer propaganda formulated by the haves to delude the havenots.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/the-celestial-hypothesis-is-sheer-propaganda-formulated-by-the-haves/)

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> [Almighty God, I am sorry I am now an atheist, but have You read Nietzsche?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/almighty-god-i-am-sorry-i-am-now-an-atheist-but-have-you-read/)

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[Almighty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/almighty/)

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> [“the world was so big, so full of things I could master.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/the-world-was-so-big-so-full-of-things-i-could-master/)

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[Big things](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big-things/)

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> [“if God is everywhere, why do I have to go to Church on Sunday?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/if-god-is-everywhere-why-do-i-have-to-go-to-church-on-sunday/)

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[Church](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/church/)

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> [“It is better to die of drink then to die of thirst.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/it-is-better-to-die-of-drink-then-to-die-of-thirst/)

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[Drinking](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drinking/)

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> [I have wanted women whose very shoes are worth all I have ever possessed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/i-have-wanted-women-whose-very-shoes-are-worth-all-i-have-ever/)

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[Fashion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fashion/)

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> [If there is work there is warmth, that when a man has freedom of movement it is enough, for then his blood…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/if-there-is-work-there-is-warmth-that-when-a-man-has-freedom-of/)

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> [Someday, as an exercise, you might ask a writer to give himself the questions he wants to answer. If you really want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/someday-as-an-exercise-you-might-ask-a-writer-to-give-himself-the/)

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> [Arturo Bandini: -What does happiness mean to you Camilla? Camilla: -That you can fall in love with whoever you want to, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/arturo-bandini-what-does-happiness-mean-to-you-camilla-camilla-that/)

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[Ashamed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ashamed/)

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> [I felt his hot tears and the loneliness of man and the sweetness of all men and the aching haunting beauty of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/i-felt-his-hot-tears-and-the-loneliness-of-man-and-the-sweetness-of/)

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[Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/)

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> [“I didn't ask any questions. Everything I wanted to know was written in tortured phrases across the desolation of her face.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/i-didn-t-ask-any-questions-everything-i-wanted-to-know-was-written-in/)

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[Desolation](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/desolation/)

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> [So it happened at last: I was about to become a thief, a cheap milk-stealer. Here was your lash-in-the-pen genius, your one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/so-it-happened-at-last-i-was-about-to-become-a-thief-a-cheap-milk/)

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[Genius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genius/)

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> [“so let the earthquake come, let it bury me and my sins, so who the hell cares? No good to God or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/so-let-the-earthquake-come-let-it-bury-me-and-my-sins-so-who-the-hell/)

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[Earthquake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/earthquake/)

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> [Look at the people who review. Look at their commitment to being "right" and "safe". If I had listened to my critics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/look-at-the-people-who-review-look-at-their-commitment-to-being-right/)

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[Commitment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/commitment/)

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> [“I looked at the faces around me and I knew mine was like theirs. Faces with the blood drained away, tight faces,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/i-looked-at-the-faces-around-me-and-i-knew-mine-was-like-theirs-faces/)

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> [One night I was sitting on the bed in my hotel room on Buker Hill, down in the middle of Los Angeles.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/one-night-i-was-sitting-on-the-bed-in-my-hotel-room-on-buker-hill/)

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[Attention](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attention/)

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> [So what’s the use of repentance, and what do you care for goodness, and what if you should die in a quake,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/so-what-s-the-use-of-repentance-and-what-do-you-care-for-goodness-and/)

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> [(...) I let go, crying and unable to stop because God was such a dirty crook, contemptible skunk, that's what he was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/i-let-go-crying-and-unable-to-stop-because-god-was-such-a-dirty-crook/)

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[Cities](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cities/)

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> [It was a bad one, the Winter of 1933. Wading home that night through flames of snow, my toes burning, my ears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/it-was-a-bad-one-the-winter-of-1933-wading-home-that-night-through/)

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[Angry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/)

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> [We talked, she and I. She asked about my work and it was a pretense, she was not interested in my work.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/we-talked-she-and-i-she-asked-about-my-work-and-it-was-a-pretense-she/)

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> [I tossed my shoulders and swaggered away, whistling with pleasure. In the gutter I saw a long cigaret butt. I picked it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/i-tossed-my-shoulders-and-swaggered-away-whistling-with-pleasure-in/)

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> [When I go into a bookstore I always look for books by John Fante. If they are out-of-stock on one of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/when-i-go-into-a-bookstore-i-always-look-for-books-by-john-fante-if/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [“The old folk from Indiana and Iowa and Illinois, from Boston and Kansas City and Des Moines, they sold their homes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/the-old-folk-from-indiana-and-iowa-and-illinois-from-boston-and/)

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[Kansas city](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kansas-city/)

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> [“The kitchen. La cucina, the true mother country, this warm cave of the good witch deep in the desolate land of loneliness,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/the-kitchen-la-cucina-the-true-mother-country-this-warm-cave-of-the/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [“Those beautiful girls, so happy when you acted like a gentleman and all of that, just to touch them and carry the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/those-beautiful-girls-so-happy-when-you-acted-like-a-gentleman-and/)

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> [“I went to the library. I looked at the magazines, at the pictures in them. One day I went to the bookshelves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/i-went-to-the-library-i-looked-at-the-magazines-at-the-pictures-in/)

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[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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> [“She had no need in her heart for either book or magazine. She had her own way of escape, her own passage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/she-had-no-need-in-her-heart-for-either-book-or-magazine-she-had-her/)

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[America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/)

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> [“I stretched out on the bed and slept. It was twilight when I awakened and turned on the light. I felt better,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/i-stretched-out-on-the-bed-and-slept-it-was-twilight-when-i-awakened/)

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[Optimism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/optimism/)

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> [“These were my countrymen, these were the new Californians. With their bright polo shirts and sunglasses, they were in paradise, they belonged.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/these-were-my-countrymen-these-were-the-new-californians-with-their/)

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[Californians](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/californians/)

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> [Oh, God, help me! And I walked faster, my thoughts pursuing me, and I began to run, my frozen shoes squealing like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/oh-god-help-me-and-i-walked-faster-my-thoughts-pursuing-me-and-i/)

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[All alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/all-alone/)

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> [“They were myths I once believed, and now they were beliefs I felt were myths.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/they-were-myths-i-once-believed-and-now-they-were-beliefs-i-felt-were/)

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[Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/)

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> [“Living was hard enough. Dying was a supreme task.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/living-was-hard-enough-dying-was-a-supreme-task/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [“It is the persistent delusion of an hoodwinked mankind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fante/it-is-the-persistent-delusion-of-an-hoodwinked-mankind/)

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[Delusion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delusion/)

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