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Diane Johnson

"But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be aware of this till she is pretty far along with it."

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"But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be aware of this till she is pretty far along with it."

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Donna Grant

"Between Scott on the earlier side and Dickens and Thackeray on the other, there was an immense production of novels, illustrated by not a few names which should rank high in the second class, while some would promote more than one of them to the first."

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Donna Grant

"But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be aware of this till she is pretty far along with it."

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Donna Grant

"The novel is born not of the theoretical spirit but of the spirit of humor."

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Donna Grant

"I sold my very first novel when I was 24 or 25 years old."

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"A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out what a novel is about, and the job becomes one of understanding and deepening or sharpening what is already written. That is finding the theme."
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"A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen."
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"Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them."
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"Not having to own a car has made me realize what a waste of time the automobile is."
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