Wallace Stegner
Wallace Stegner
Wallace Earle Stegnerwas an American novelist, short story writer, environmentalist, and historian, often called "The Dean of Western Writers". He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 and the U.S. National Book Award in 1977...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth18 February 1909
CountryUnited States of America
beautiful games wife
In a way, it is beautiful to be young and hard up. With the right wife, and I had her, deprivation became a game.
used turns
He used to tell me, 'Do what you like to do. It'll probably turn out to be what you do best.
mistake judging way
We made plenty of mistakes, but we never tripped anybody to gain an advantage, or took illegal shortcuts when no judge was around. We have all jogged and panted it out the whole way.
inspirational weakness retiring
You can't retire to weakness -- you've got to learn to control strength.
memories mind tools
By his very profession, a serious fiction writer is a vendor of the sensuous particulars of life, a perceiver and handler of things. His most valuable tools are his sense and his memory; what happens in his mind is primarily pictures.
judging prophet preacher
Are writers reporters, prophets, crazies, entertainers, preachers, judges, what?
sorrow
I shall be richer all my life for this sorrow
cutting years relaxation
How much wilderness do the wilderness-lovers want? ask those who would mine and dig and cut and dam in such sanctuary spots as these. The answer is easy: Enough so that there will be in the years ahead a little relief, a little quiet, a little relaxation, for any of our increasing millions who need and want it.
civilization healthy west
I was shaped by the west and have lived most of my life in it, and nothing would gratify me more than to see it in all its subregions and subcultures both prosperous and environmentally healthy, with a civilization to match its scenery.
writing materials ifs
Any life will provide the material for writing, if it is attended to.
fossils
We are fossils in the making.
summer halloween night
The perfect weather of Indian Summer lengthened and lingered, warm sunny days were followed by brisk nights with Halloween a presentiment in the air.
moving sides needs
It's easier to die than to move ... at least for the Other Side you don't need trunks.
blood grandparent connections
I am impressed by how much of my grandparent's life depended on continuities, contacts, connections, friendships, and blood relationships.