Jane Smiley (born September 26, 1949) is an American novelist. She won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1992 for her novel A Thousand Acres (1991). Read full biography of Jane Smiley →
The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.
We sort of read two or three big newspapers but we don't get the flavor of the local events, the local news as much.
I readily admit it is easy to make of horses what we will. Silent, in some ways reserved, they allow us to train them, and to project our ideas upon... →
I was asked by an editor to consider writing something about an American inventor. I asked him if he knew who invented the computer. He said he... →
Is human nature basically good or evil? No economist can embark upon his profession without considering this question, and yet they all seem to. And... →
I had spent years thinking about one thing while I was doing another. I had, in fact, prided myself on being able to do two things at once.
Not every novel that wants to be a tragedy gets to be one.
People are quite frequently eccentric.
Respect and fear are two different things.
Sinclair Lewis may be ripe for a revival; his books raise several interesting issues of art and fashion.
Trollope wrote so many novels and other works that they tend to crowd each other out.
'Lean on Pete' is the story of a boy and his horse, but it is never heart-warming - it ranges in tone from desperate to merely painful - and... →
When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and... →