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John C. Hawkes quotes

American Novelist August 17, 1925 – May 15, 1998

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John C. Hawkes quote: "I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and..."
I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's where I commented someplace on hearing. John C. Hawkes
John C. Hawkes quote: "I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever..."
I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then. John C. Hawkes
John C. Hawkes quote: "I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared?..."
I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I would be an AB in English. John C. 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 C. Hawkes
John C. Hawkes quote: "When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was..."
When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately. John C. Hawkes
John C. Hawkes quote: "My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of..."
My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano. John C. Hawkes
Need I insist that the only enemy of the mature marriage is monogamy? That anything less than sexual multiplicity...is naive? That our sexual selves are merely idylers in a vast wood? John C. Hawkes
John C. Hawkes quote: "I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the..."
I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the sting. John C. Hawkes
I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and having once abandoned these familiar ways of thinking about fiction, totality of vision or structure was really all that remained. John C. Hawkes
John C. Hawkes quote: "As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center..."
As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari. John C. Hawkes
John C. Hawkes quote: "On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the..."
On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me. John C. Hawkes
John C. Hawkes quote: "To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just..."
To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening. John C. Hawkes
John C. Hawkes quote: "Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at..."
Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year. John C. Hawkes
John C. Hawkes quote: "I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not..."
I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing as it becomes more personal. John C. Hawkes
John C. Hawkes quote: "I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true..."
I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme. John C. Hawkes

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