John Gardner (British writer) quote: The point is, whether or not they show it at dinner parties, writers learn, by a necessity of their trade, ...

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

~ John Gardner (British writer) ~

Photo by Bri Schneiter

Photo by Pixabay

Photo by Ákos Szabó

Photo by Ian Turnell

Photo by Pixabay

Photo by Lisa from Pexels

Photo by Pixabay

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

John Gardner (British writer)

More John Gardner (British writer) quotes

"
Like other kinds of intelligence, the storyteller's is partlynatural, partly trained. It is composed of several qualities, mostof which, in normal peo...

"
Because his art is sucha difficult one, the writer is not likely to advance in the worldas visibly as do his neighbors: while his best friends from hi...

"
He must shape simultaneously (in an expanding creative moment) his characters, plot, and setting, each inextricably connected to the others; he must m...