Jane Smiley
Jane Smiley
Jane Smileyis an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth26 September 1949
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
reading tubs sound
Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel.
children driving introducing
There are several methods for introducing your children to driving, and all of them are bad. Probably the worst is to put it off.
sports art horse
All equestrians, if they last long enough, learn that riding in whatever form is a lifelong sport and art, an endeavor that is both familiar and new every time you take the horse out of his stall or pasture.
adventure together elements
A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.
hard-work thinking knowing
Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for one's accomplishments and hard work - in a way that old familiar death does not.
country new-york museums
There are hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings around the United States and in other countries, too. Wright lived into his 90s, and one of his most famous buildings, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, was completed just before his death. Wright buildings look like Wright buildings - that is their paradox.
memories creativity ideas
A theory of creativity is actually just a metaphor. A pool of ideas, a well of memories, a voice.
mind littles novelists
An urban novelist never minds a little decay.
writing icons reminders
Before I write a novel, images float around in my head that work like icons - they are meaningless in themselves, but serve as reminders.
art law people
There are five things that societies do: They reproduce; they produce food; they organize themselves in terms of law; they organize themselves in terms of belief; and they make art. Four of them are about conformity, and in these, everything would go more smoothly if people just would shut up and do what they're told. But in art it doesn't work that way.
memories writing giving
Eavesdrop and write it down from memory - gives you a stronger sense of how people talk and what their concerns are. I love to eavesdrop!
ideas gossip people
Gossip. The more you talk about why people do things, the more ideas you have about how the world works.
son grandchildren like-you
Your sons weren't made to like you. That's what grandchildren are for.
self talking agony
In the traditional urban novel, there is only survival or not. The suburban idea, the conformist idea, that agony can be seen to and cured by doctors or psychoanalysis or self-knowledge is nowhere to be found in the city. Talking is a way of life, but it is not a cure. Same with religion.