John Hawkes Quotes

As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.
John Hawkes

I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then.
John Hawkes

I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I would be an AB in English.
John Hawkes

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.
John Hawkes

I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's where I commented someplace on hearing.
John Hawkes

I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the sting.
John Hawkes

I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems.
John Hawkes

I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing as it becomes more personal.
John Hawkes

I was not typical. Whatever typical or normal is, I was somehow separated and different.
John Hawkes

I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination which is conceiving it.
John Hawkes

In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.
John Hawkes

It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth.
John Hawkes

My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look at the old homestead.
John Hawkes

My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano.
John Hawkes

On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me.
John Hawkes

Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year.
John Hawkes

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.
John Hawkes

To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening.
John Hawkes

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.
John Hawkes

When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship.
John Hawkes

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John Hawkes Quotes

Type: Novelist Quotes Category: American Novelist Quotes Date of Birth: August 17, 1925 Date of Death: May 15, 1998 Nationality: American Find on Amazon: John Hawkes Related Authors: Ernest Hemingway Richard Bach Chuck Palahniuk William Faulkner Elie Wiesel Truman Capote Nathaniel Hawthorne Jack Kerouac Gore Vidal	As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari. John Hawkes I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then. John Hawkes I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I would be an AB in English. John Hawkes I do not feel an exile from America in any sense. John Hawkes I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's where I commented someplace on hearing. John Hawkes I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the sting. John Hawkes I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems. John Hawkes I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing as it becomes more personal. John Hawkes I was not typical. Whatever typical or normal is, I was somehow separated and different. John Hawkes I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination which is conceiving it. John Hawkes In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old. John Hawkes It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth. John Hawkes My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look at the old homestead. John Hawkes My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano. John Hawkes On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me. John Hawkes Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year. John Hawkes The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language. John Hawkes To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening. John Hawkes When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately. John Hawkes When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship. John Hawkes