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Jane Gardam quotes: I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement.

I think the most dangerous influence for a young writer is to be treated with cynicism or discouragement.

Jane Gardam quotes: I longed from a tiny child to get away on my own. When I was five, I walked out along the sands from Redcar, nearly all the way to Hartlepool.

I longed from a tiny child to get away on my own. When I was five, I walked out along the sands from Redcar, nearly all the way to Hartlepool.

Jane Gardam quotes: I hate the idea of sequels. I think you should be able to do it in one book.

I hate the idea of sequels. I think you should be able to do it in one book.

Jane Gardam quotes: If you've not been loved as a child, you don't know how to love a child.

If you've not been loved as a child, you don't know how to love a child.

Jane Gardam quotes: I can't write the same book over and over again ... let it go, once it's gone!

I can't write the same book over and over again ... let it go, once it's gone!

Jane Gardam quotes: Amy planted a glass of brandy beside the bride's cornflakes.

Amy planted a glass of brandy beside the bride's cornflakes.

Jane Gardam quotes: If I've got one thing that I really believe about fiction and life, it's that there are no minor characters.

If I've got one thing that I really believe about fiction and life, it's that there are no minor characters.

Jane Gardam quotes: Laywers, I suppose, were children once.

Laywers, I suppose, were children once.

Jane Gardam quotes: Somewhere inside we do know everything about ourselves. There is no real forgetting. Perhaps we know somewhere, too, about all there is to come.

Somewhere inside we do know everything about ourselves. There is no real forgetting. Perhaps we know somewhere, too, about all there is to come.

Jane Gardam quotes: I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do.

I just knew I would be a writer. It just seemed the only sensible thing to do.

Jane Gardam quotes: English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared.

English country life is more like Chekhov than 'The Archers' or Thomas Hardy or even the Updike ethic with which it is sometimes compared.

Jane Gardam quotes: All my life I have felt events to be the result of my own sins.

All my life I have felt events to be the result of my own sins.

Jane Gardam quotes: Jane Austen we know never let two men converse alone in any novel because what they said would be unknown to her.

Jane Austen we know never let two men converse alone in any novel because what they said would be unknown to her.

Jane Gardam quotes: I gave myself to my children. It happens to some women.

I gave myself to my children. It happens to some women.

Jane Gardam quotes: Mum was a tremendous Anglo-Catholic. Very impressive, actually. She made me go to church for years - I still don't want to because of that.

Mum was a tremendous Anglo-Catholic. Very impressive, actually. She made me go to church for years - I still don't want to because of that.

Jane Gardam quotes: I knew I had a lot to say. Not politically - politics have always confused me - but perhaps spiritually.

I knew I had a lot to say. Not politically - politics have always confused me - but perhaps spiritually.

Jane Gardam quotes: In modern novels, there is no one I want to copy. My style 'is a poor thing, but it is my own.'

In modern novels, there is no one I want to copy. My style 'is a poor thing, but it is my own.'

Jane Gardam quotes: I was nearly 40 when I started. I had no fear that I wasn't going to write. I knew it was just delayed. Then, my goodness, I never stopped.

I was nearly 40 when I started. I had no fear that I wasn't going to write. I knew it was just delayed. Then, my goodness, I never stopped.

Jane Gardam quotes: While writing a novel, I don't read anything new in fiction. I am too engrossed.

While writing a novel, I don't read anything new in fiction. I am too engrossed.