American - Writer | September 26, 1949 -
An urban novelist never minds a little decay.
Jane Smiley
MindsNeverLittleUrbanDecay
I don't know - is everything the U.S. does a shocking embarrassment?
KnowEverythingEmbarrassmentDoes
In December 1998, I considered myself an expert on love. I was almost a year into a relationship, one that had grown more slowly than I had wished, but once it flowered it was much more stimulating than any marriage or relationship I had known.
LoveMarriageRelationshipMyself
There is a sociology of horses, as well as a psychology. It is most evident in the world of horse racing, where many horses are gathered together, where year after year, decade after decade, they do the same, rather simple thing - run in races and try to win.
TogetherSimpleWinWorldYearRun
My mom was paranoid about my safety.
SafetyMomParanoidAbout
I think that the Cold War was an exceptional and unnecessary piece of cruelty.
WarColdThinkCrueltyCold War
Some novelists are luckier than others in the eras of their formative intellectual years, but all Weltanschauungs return, which means that most novelists have at least a chance of a revival.
ChanceIntellectualOthersYears
I loved the house the way you would any new house, because it is populated by your future, the family of children who will fill it with noise or chaos and satisfying busy pleasures.
FamilyFutureChildrenChaosBusy
Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.
ReadingHotSoundTubNovelOh
In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principle contain it or stand against it.
ExperienceStandMotivationDesire
Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.
GrandchildrenYouLikeYourMade
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.
MomKnowGrandfatherNowEvenAunts
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