Gail Godwin Quotes

You're Supposed To Get Tired Planting Bulbs. But It's An Agreeable Tiredness.

I'm Always Aware That I Risk Being Taken For A Neurasthenic Prima Donna When I Explain To Someone Who Wants 'just A Little' Of My Time That Five Minutes Of The Wrong Kind Of Distraction Can Ruin A Working Day.

At Times ... One Is Downright Thankful For The Self-absorption Of Other People.

Heroics Are Not Easily Had For The Young In Our Times. Perhaps That Is Why They Go To Such Extremes To Create Their Own Dangers.

Life Is A Disease.

The Race Of Children Possesses Magically Sagacious Powers.

Learning When 'enough Is Enough' Is The Discipline Of A Lifetime.

I Read Constantly. If I Don't Have A Good Book, I'm Beside Myself.

Who Wanted To Creep Along In Comfort When There Was One Chance In A Thousand Of Flying?

What Did A Few Ripples In The Flesh Matter When, All Too Soon, Now Or Later, That Flesh Would Be Making Its Return Journey To Dust?

I Work Continuously Within The Shadow Of Failure. For Every Novel That Makes It To My Publisher's Desk, There Are At Least Five Or Six That Died On The Way. And Even With The Ones I Do Finish, I Think Of All The Ways They Might Have Been Better.

Hope Does Not Necessarily Have To Take An Object.