Author: Jane Gardam

Quotes

If I've got one thing that I really believe about fiction and life, it's that there are no minor characters.

If I've got one thing that I really believe about fiction and life, it's that there are no minor characters.

- 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.

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

I gave myself to my children. It happens to some women.

I gave myself to my children. It happens to some women.

- Jane Gardam

The best novel I wrote was one called 'Crusoe's Daughter,' which never won any prizes. But I was getting somewhere in that. I'm not sure I have in any of the others.

The best novel I wrote was one called 'Crusoe's Daughter,' which never won any prizes. But I was getting somewhere in that. I'm not sure I have in any of the others.

- Jane Gardam

I was nearly 40 when I started. I had no fear that I wasn't going to write. I knew it was just delayed. Then, my goodness, I never stopped.

I was nearly 40 when I started. I had no fear that I wasn't going to write. I knew it was just delayed. Then, my goodness, I never stopped.

- Jane Gardam

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