Jane Smiley Quotes - Page 6

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• Eavesdrop and write it down from memory - gives you a stronger sense of how people talk and what their concerns are. I love to eavesdrop!

  Jane Smiley

  Memories, Writing, People

  "Fictionaut Five: Jane Smiley" by Meg Pokrass, fictionaut.com. December 29, 2010.

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• As Fallingwater demonstrates, Wright's genius was always specific, but also always lively, always daring.

  Jane Smiley

  Genius, Daring, Lively

  "Lively, daring genius" by Jane Smiley, www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2007.

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• An urban novelist never minds a little decay.

  Jane Smiley

  Mind, Novelists, Decay

  "Our lady of east LA" by Jane Smiley, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2007.

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• The essence of charity ... was not deciding what others needed and giving it to them, but giving them what they wanted.

  Jane Smiley

  Essence, Giving, Charity

  Jane Smiley (2017). “Moo”, p.85, Pan Macmillan

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• I'm a natural novelist. I'm interested in the person and the group, and how they mesh. And one of the ways I don't want them to mesh is for the person to be subsumed into the group.

  Jane Smiley

  Novelists, Groups, Want

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. December 4, 2007.

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• I spent part of my college years in a Marxist commune. I was not a Marxist. I wasn't even pretending to be one. I was a Marxist-in-law.

  Jane Smiley

  College, Years, Law

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. December 4, 2007.

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• Progressivism is usually seen as a stepping back from individualism into a progressive community...

  Jane Smiley

  Community, Individualism, Progressive

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. December 4, 2007.

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• Every novel deals with social problems. It can't help it because the protagonist must come in conflict with his group. So the author has to offer an analysis of how the group and the protagonist fit. Otherwise, the reader will just say, "This makes no sense," and will put it away.

  Jane Smiley

  Groups, Analysis, Helping

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. December 4, 2007.

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• I love to write about sex. You just have to make it idiosyncratic. You have to have a strong comprehension of your characters, and write it from their point of view. It's really fun. It's not erotic.

  Jane Smiley

  Strong, Sex, Fun

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. December 4, 2007.

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