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Diane Johnson Quotes

Type:
Novelist Quotes
Category:
American Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 28, 1934
Nationality:
American
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A chaplain's biggest gift is to be present and just listen.
Diane Johnson

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.
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.
Diane Johnson

Not having to own a car has made me realize what a waste of time the automobile is.
Diane Johnson

Women have the feeling that since they didn't make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them.
Diane Johnson


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