Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
John Gardner
Born: July 21, 1933
Died: September 14, 1982 (aged 49)
Bio: John Champlin Gardner Jr. was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic and university professor. He is perhaps most noted for his novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth from the monster's point of view.
Known for:
- Grendel (1971)
- On Moral Fiction
- The art of fiction
- October Light
- The Sunlight Dialogues (1972)