Jane Smiley Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)
Jane Smiley quotes and sayings page 4 (75 year old writer). Here's quote # 31 through 40 out of the 75 we have for her.
“Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.”
“There are several methods for introducing your children to driving, and all of them are bad. Probably the worst is to put it off.”
“There are hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings around the United States and in other countries, too. Wright lived into his 90s, and one of his most famous buildings, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, was completed just before his death. Wright buildings look like Wright buildings - that is their paradox.”
“A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.”
“Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states.”
“Gossip. The more you talk about why people do things, the more ideas you have about how the world works.”
“I gallop and jump and ride young horses with intense pleasure.”
“My mom was paranoid about my safety.”
“In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.”
“Take naps. Often new ideas come together when you are half asleep, but you have to train yourself to remember them.”
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