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Jane Smiley Quotes

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.

Jane Smiley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 26, 1949

Topics

Chance Intellectual Others Years

Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences.

Jim Rash

Up Experiences Wherever Sure Writer

The last time I played video games was 'Space Invaders.'

John Hillcoat

Time Space Video Games Games Last

At the beginning of my career, my desire to understand was associated with a profound desire to act, with the wish to influence opinion and policy; but, over the years, this motivation has come to be of secondary importance, far behind my desire to understand.

Maurice Allais

Beginning Influence Opinion Wish

I've always wanted to be in comedy... growing up with Asian parents and not seeing yourself represented in media - it was always just a daydream.

Anna Akana

Yourself Parents Growing Up Comedy

Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

Anna Deavere Smith

Influence Movies Trends Chorus

You prep, you prep, you prep. And on the day that you film, you let all of that go. I try to achieve emptiness as much as possible - the Zen thing - to let the deal come out of that nothing.

Jeff Bridges

Day You Achieve Go Nothing Possible

To be truly 'soigne,' a man should have 80 suits.

Jean Patou

Man Suits Should Truly

Royalties are not how most writers or musicians make their living. Musicians by and large make a living with a relationship with an audience that is economically harnessed through performance and ticket sales.

John Perry Barlow

Relationship Performance Musicians

Dark energy is perhaps the biggest mystery in physics.

Steve Allen

Energy Mystery Physics Dark Perhaps

I think God's going to come down and pull civilization over for speeding.

Steven Wright

God Think Down Civilization Over

Le Cirque is strictly New York people. New York people don't eat at home; New York people go out.

Sirio Maccioni

Home New York People Go New Eat

My goal wasn't to make a ton of money. It was to build good computers.

Steve Wozniak

Good Money Computers Goal Build Ton