"The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish,……" — Diane Johnson
"The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of some other fool and reserves the right to disavow them."
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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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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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A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when…
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More Afraid Quotes
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People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old.
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I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own.
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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
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Well, knowledge is a fine thing, and mother Eve thought so; but she smarted so severely for hers, that most…
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I grew up as a Mormon, and that had more of an impact on my values than my beliefs. I'm…
— Amy Adams
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Luck? I don't know anything about luck. I've never banked on it and I'm afraid of people who do. Luck…
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Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.
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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't…
— Brigitte Bardot
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As a child, I was more afraid of tetanus shots than, for example, Dracula.
— Dave Barry
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I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
— Lynda Barry
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