John Gardner (American writer) Quote

Along with the peasant in the novelist, there must be a man with a whip. Drivenness is trouble for both the novelist and his friends, but no novelist, I think, can succeed without it.


On Becoming a Novelist (1983)


Along with the peasant in the novelist, there must be a man with a whip. Drivenness is trouble for both the novelist and his friends, but no...

Along with the peasant in the novelist, there must be a man with a whip. Drivenness is trouble for both the novelist and his friends, but no...

Along with the peasant in the novelist, there must be a man with a whip. Drivenness is trouble for both the novelist and his friends, but no...

Along with the peasant in the novelist, there must be a man with a whip. Drivenness is trouble for both the novelist and his friends, but no...