When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

Quote by John Hawkes

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It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm...

It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm...

I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing...

I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing...

I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I...

I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I...

I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it...

I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it...

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the sting.

I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the sting.

My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be...

My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be...

I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's...

I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's...

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination...

I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination...

I was not typical. Whatever typical or normal is, I was somehow separated and different.

I was not typical. Whatever typical or normal is, I was somehow separated and different.

Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out...

Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out...

To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish...

To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish...

Fiction is an act of revenge

Fiction is an act of revenge

As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.

As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.

My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I...

My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I...

In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.

In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.

When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and...

When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and...

I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems.

I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems.

On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came...

On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came...