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John C. Hawkes quotes: On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me.

On the night before we were married, all of the anxiety in the world came down upon me.

John C. Hawkes quotes: It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth.

It's hard to tell whether the ship or airplane - they're all the same, I'm convinced - is male or female; it may shift back and forth.

John C. Hawkes quotes: Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year.

Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year.

John C. Hawkes quotes: I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing as it becomes more personal.

I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing as it becomes more personal.

John C. Hawkes quotes: When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.

John C. Hawkes quotes: To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening.

To be anywhere near an enormous ocean liner when you are just like a fish in the water is frightening.

John C. Hawkes quotes: I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination which is conceiving it.

I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination which is conceiving it.

John C. Hawkes quotes: In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.

In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.

John C. Hawkes quotes: My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano.

My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano.

John C. Hawkes quotes: I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then.

I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then.

John C. Hawkes quotes: The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

The only thing that exists is torment, lyricism, and the magnificence of language.

John C. Hawkes quotes: I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

I do not feel an exile from America in any sense.

John C. Hawkes quotes: I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems.

I used to carry about with me a German map-case filled with poems.

John C. Hawkes quotes: When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship.

When we lived in Juneau, Alaska, it was a town of about 7,000 people, and totally isolated; the only way to get to it was by ship.

John C. Hawkes quotes: As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.

As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.

John C. Hawkes quotes: My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look at the old homestead.

My father's parents were Irish. Only a year before my father died, he and I went back to Ireland for a week to look at the old homestead.

John C. Hawkes quotes: I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the sting.

I remember my mother finding mud somehow and putting it on the sting.

John C. Hawkes quotes: I was not typical. Whatever typical or normal is, I was somehow separated and different.

I was not typical. Whatever typical or normal is, I was somehow separated and different.

John C. Hawkes quotes: I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's where I commented someplace on hearing.

I had to go to Sunday school once or twice in my life, and that's where I commented someplace on hearing.

John C. Hawkes quotes: I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I would be an AB in English.

I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I would be an AB in English.