Author: Jane Smiley

Quotes

Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders.

Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders.

- Jane Smiley

A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.

A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.

- Jane Smiley

I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty.

I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty.

- Jane Smiley

Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I don't know any smokers now, not even my mom.

Mom was a smoker. My grandfather was a smoker. My aunts were smokers. My uncles were smokers. I don't know any smokers now, not even my mom.

- Jane Smiley

My mom was paranoid about my safety.

My mom was paranoid about my safety.

- Jane Smiley

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

- Jane Smiley

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