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John Gardner quotes about reality

American Novelist July 21, 1933 – September 14, 1982

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As every writer knows... there is something mysterious about the writer's ability, on any given day, to write. When the juices are flowing, or the writer is 'hot', an invisible wall seems to fall away, and the writer moves easily and surely from one kind of reality to another... Every writer has experienced at least moments of this strange, magical state. Reading student fiction one can spot at once where the power turns on and where it turns off, where the writer writes from 'inspiration'... John Gardner
All order, I've come to understand, is theoretical, unreal? a harmless, sensible, smiling mask men slide between the two great, dark realities, the self and the world? two snake pits. John Gardner
Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality. John Gardner
John Gardner quote: "Art, of course, is a way of thinking, a way of mining reality."
Art, of course, is a way of thinking, a way of mining reality. John Gardner

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