Jane Smiley Quotes about Desire

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The desire to write a novel is the single required prerequisite for writing a novel.

Writing, Desire, Novel

Jane Smiley (2008). “13 Ways of Looking at the Novel”, p.29, Anchor

There is something I have noticed about desire, that it opens the eyes and strikes them blind at the same time.

Eye, Desire, Blind