Quotes by : John Gardner

Because his art is sucha difficult one, the writer is not likely to advance in the worldas visibly as....

It would be, for me, mere pointless pleasure, an illusion of order for this one frail, foolish, flicker-flash....

The instruction here is not for every kind of writer - not for the writer of nurse books or thrillers....

As in the universe every atom has an effect, however minuscule, on every other atom, so that to pinch....

Real suspense comes with moral dilemma and the courage to make and act upon choices. False suspense comes....

What do you call the Hrothgar-wrecker when Hrothgar has been wrecked?

The point is, whether or not they show it at dinner parties, writers learn, by a necessity of their trade,....

We human beings glimpse lofty ideals, catch ourselves betraying them, and sink to suicidal despair--despair....

They watch on, evil, incredibly stupid, enjoying my destruction.'Poor Grendel's had an accident,' I whisper.....

I know everything, you see,' the old voice wheedled. 'The beginning, the present, the end. Everything.....