I did want to write into the future. There's a lot of science fiction that's written about the future in which they talk about how the past looks from that future. It's all discussed retrospectively. I wanted to show cause and effect.

Of her book Last Hundred Years

The Paris Review, Issue 214, Fall 2015, The Art of Fiction No. 229

Jane Smiley Quotes

I did want to write into the future. There's a lot of science fiction that's written about the future in which they talk about how the past looks...

I did want to write into the future. There's a lot of science fiction that's written about the future in which they talk about how the past looks...

I did want to write into the future. There's a lot of science fiction that's written about the future in which they talk about how the past looks...

I did want to write into the future. There's a lot of science fiction that's written about the future in which they talk about how the past looks...