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Jane Smiley is an accomplished American novelist known for her profound character development and rich imagination. Her works span a variety of literary genres, including historical fiction, contemporary life, and children's literature. Her novels, such as 'A Thousand Acres' and 'Bluebird', have received widespread acclaim.

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“Well, in fact everybody - everybody - in the entire nation has enough stuff in their life to write about that's interesting that they could write their autobiography. And in the end that's why I find people interesting.”

People Writing Wells Ends Enough Facts Nations Stuff Interesting Autobiography

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“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.”

Thinking Years Two Facts Able One Thing Two Things

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“you know that the urge for revenge is a fact of marital life.”

Knows Facts Revenge Urges

Book:Ordinary Love and Good Will

Source: Ordinary Love and Good Will

“Fascination with horses predated every other single thing I knew. Before I was a mother, before I was a writer, before I knew the facts of life, before I was a schoolgirl, before I learned to read, I wanted a horse.”

Facts Wanted Mother Horse Fascination Facts Of Life

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“The fact is that the same sequence of days can arrange themselves into a number of different stories.”

Different Facts Stories Numbers Sequence

Book:A Thousand Acres: A Novel

Source: A Thousand Acres: A Novel

About the Author

Born: September 26, 1949
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 153

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