Top 11 Quotes by Gary Jennings

About Gary Jennings

These are some quotes by American author Gary Jennings Author, who lived between September 20, 1928 and February 13, 1999.

In the 20th century alone, there have been 1,600 books about the circus. My adding one more would be superfluous unless I do something totally new and different.

In the 20th century alone, there have been 1,600 books about the circus. My adding one more would be superfluous unless I do something totally new and different.

Gary Jennings

When I was in Thailand, I went into the up-country because Marco Polo didn't get down into the flesh pots of Bangkok because they didn't exist in those days.

When I was in Thailand, I went into the up-country because Marco Polo didn't get down into the flesh pots of Bangkok because they didn't exist in those days.

Gary Jennings

I write novels, mostly historical ones, and I try hard to keep them accurate as to historical facts, milieu and flavor.

I write novels, mostly historical ones, and I try hard to keep them accurate as to historical facts, milieu and flavor.

Gary Jennings

I could list hundreds of words I've come up against in the course of my work that did not exist in the era of which I was writing and for which I never could find a suitably old-time, archaic or obsolete substitute.

Gary Jennings

I contend, most seriously, that there is a real need for a good, thick, complete-as-possible dictionary of 'What People Used to Call Things.'

I contend, most seriously, that there is a real need for a good, thick, complete-as-possible dictionary of 'What People Used to Call Things.'

Gary Jennings

I learned to interpret the ancient pictograph codices and read Nahuatl, the Aztec language.

I learned to interpret the ancient pictograph codices and read Nahuatl, the Aztec language.

Gary Jennings

To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.

To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.

Gary Jennings

When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.

When I got back to Madison Avenue, I realized that copywriters made more than artists, so I switched.

Gary Jennings

Everybody has done something about Marco Polo. It's the tiredest, most trite and worked-over subject in the world, and that was why it appealed to me, because I wanted to do something really new and different about something that had been worked over all these centuries, and I think I did.

Gary Jennings

I starved and slept on park benches. I wrapped myself in the pages of my manuscript to keep warm. For two and a half years I took odd jobs; nothing was going to deter me.

I starved and slept on park benches. I wrapped myself in the pages of my manuscript to keep warm. For two and a half years I took odd jobs; nothing was going to deter me.

Gary Jennings

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