Quotes by : John Gardner

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

Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives....

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

Theoretically there's no reason one should get [writer's block], if one understands that writing, after....

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

All order, I've come to understand, is theoretical, unreal — a harmless, sensible, smiling mask men....

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

As every writer knows... there is something mysterious about the writer's ability, on any given day,....

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

...{N}othing is harder for the developing writer than overcoming his anxiety that he is fooling himself....