Jane Gardam quotes

I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement. (Jane Gardam)
I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do. View quote
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I gave myself to my children. It happens to some women. View quote
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English country life is more like Chekhov than The Archers or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared. View quote
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Stories of all lengths and depths come from different parts of the cave. For a novel, you must lay in mental, physical and spiritual provision as for a siege or for a time of hectic explosions, while a short story is, or can be, a steady, timed flame like the lighting of a blow lamp on a building site full of dry tinder. View quote
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For years, there was no man in the house when my husband was off on law cases in the Far East. Without writing, I would have been bored and unfaithful, maybe both, and the children would have been hideously over-protected. View quote
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I was nearly 40 when I started. I had no fear that I wasn't going to write. I knew it was just delayed. Then, my goodness, I never stopped. View quote
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I can't write the same book over and over again... let it go, once it's gone! View quote
Jane Gardam

Jane Gardam

Occupation: English Writer
Born: July 11, 1928
Died: 2025
Quotes count: 8