People want to be artists but don't want to do the ground work. Jane Hamilton artistgrindpeople Change image and share on social
A lot of the people of the Midwest came from the Northeast. We're of the same stock. Yet something must have happened when we crossed the Ohio River Valley because I have sensed that there's more of an openness and flexibility of spirit out West. Jane Hamilton crossflexibilityhappen share on social
I think we're all more alike than we want to believe sometimes. Jane Hamilton alike Change image and share on social
In high school, it was very fashionable to be disdainful of the bourgeois suburbs, but I secretly liked them. Jane Hamilton bourgeoisdisdainfulfashionable Change image and share on social
In the larger world, tribalism is an enormous problem, as it ever has been: both strength and idiocy borne from belonging. Jane Hamilton bearbelongenormous Change image and share on social
I experienced unrequited love early. Jane Hamilton earlyexperiencelove Change image and share on social
I've always broken out in hives when I go into any organized religious situation. Jane Hamilton breakhavehive Change image and share on social
I don't mean it to sound egomaniacal, but in a way, for me, it was very useful to imagine that I was the only one who was taking pen in hand. I'd always been told that it was impossible to be published, so I was writing only for myself. Jane Hamilton egomaniacalhandimagine share on social
Author tours used to have a sense of excitement and pleasure, a sense of occasion. I remember stores having a table with wine and food. It was just a real evening. Jane Hamilton authorevenexcitement Change image and share on social
I just assumed that if you were a girl-child, you were supposed to grow up and write. Jane Hamilton assumechildgirl Change image and share on social
