Been Quote by Jane Gardam

“What I don't want is to be called an octogenarian. I saw 'Octogenarian Jane Gardam' and I thought 'Blow me!' I mean, I am,…

— Jane Gardam

I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do.

— Jane Gardam

I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement.

— Jane Gardam

“His colleagues at the Bar called him Filth, but not out of irony. It was because he was considered to be the source of…

— Jane Gardam

When I was young and the empire was beginning to disintegrate, the idea was absolutely unbelievable, particularly to children who'd been taught that the…

— Jane Gardam

“Judges live with shadows behind them.”

— Jane Gardam

I hate the idea of sequels. I think you should be able to do it in one book.

— Jane Gardam

Only a great genius like the Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell can be mother, wife and novelist without solitude. I couldn't write until my youngest…

— Jane Gardam

I longed from a tiny child to get away on my own. When I was five, I walked out along the sands from Redcar,…

— Jane Gardam

The complexion of a novelist is seldom rosy (Paul Bailey once announced to a heavy-hearted audience of novelists at PEN that we have always…

— Jane Gardam

Stories of all lengths and depths come from different parts of the cave. For a novel, you must lay in mental, physical and spiritual…

— Jane Gardam

English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared.

— Jane Gardam