Diane Johnson
Diane Johnson
Diane Johnsonis an American-born novelist and essayist whose satirical novels often feature American heroines living abroad in contemporary France. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Persian Nights in 1988...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth28 April 1934
CityMoline, IL
CountryUnited States of America
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This is the first time it's been together. It's a big deal to us.
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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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I told him, the kids and I are leaving, ... And I wanted him to come, and he said he was going to stay.
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I will miss being involved in the daily happening of young people and having the opportunity to see them mature.
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I don't know why in the world you would want to turn Cream Ridge into suburbia. I tell people it's the best kept secret in New Jersey.