Jane Smiley Quote

If I get frustrated, I'll go eat something, I'll go open another Diet Coke, I'll go the barn, I'll distract myself, and then the parts in my brain that were working click and I get an idea.


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


If I get frustrated, I'll go eat something, I'll go open another Diet Coke, I'll go the barn, I'll distract myself, and then the parts in my brain...

If I get frustrated, I'll go eat something, I'll go open another Diet Coke, I'll go the barn, I'll distract myself, and then the parts in my brain...

If I get frustrated, I'll go eat something, I'll go open another Diet Coke, I'll go the barn, I'll distract myself, and then the parts in my brain...

If I get frustrated, I'll go eat something, I'll go open another Diet Coke, I'll go the barn, I'll distract myself, and then the parts in my brain...