"A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at……" — Diane Johnson
"A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out what a novel is about, and the job becomes one of understanding and deepening or sharpening what is already written. That is finding the theme."
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Diane Johnson
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12 Quotes by Diane Johnson
Diane Johnson has 12 quotes on this site.
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But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The…
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In what we think of as bad dialogue, the characters talk directly to each other.
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The whole process of writing a novel is having this great, beautiful idea and then spoiling it.
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Not having to own a car has made me realize what a waste of time the automobile is.
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Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them.
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Laughter is the jam on the toast of life. It adds flavor, keeps it from being too dry, and makes…
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The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of some other fool and reserves…
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Statuettes of drunken sailors, velvet pictures of island maidens, plastic seashell lamps made in Taiwan. What contempt the people who…
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Glenda Adams has written a wicked and witty novel.
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A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen.
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But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The…
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But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The…
— Diane Johnson
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I don't like lyrics that are just thrown together, that were obviously written as you went along, or the song…
— Neil Peart
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I certainly wouldn't want a song that I'd already written to be used on a commercial. That seems strange.
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I've already written 300 space poems. But I look upon my ultimate form as being a poetic prose. When you…
— Story Musgrave
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I'm writing constantly about all my crazy experiences across the world, so I have a lot of music I've already…
— Kesha
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This is the gay agenda: equality. Not special rights, but the rights that are already written by [our Founding Fathers].
— LZ Granderson
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I like all things grammatical, and I had already written several books about parts of speech, and even the alphabet,…
— Brian P. Cleary
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Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an epitaph of infamy, for there…
— Sidney Hook
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Looking for a word from the Lord? Believe that he has already spoken, and read what he's already written.
— Mark Driscoll
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THE WRITER can get free of his writing only by using it, that is, by reading oneself. As if the…
— Edmond Jabes
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I'm pursuing soundtrack work in the southern California area and down the line I plan to make a moody, intense…
— Ronnie Montrose
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Even though we didn't actually record it as the Move I had already written a song called 'Dear Elaine,' which…
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