What art ought to do is tell stories which are moment-by-moment wonderful, which are true to human experience, and which in no way explain human experience.
John GardnerWriting a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a course laid out.
John GardnerArt Gropes. It stalks like a hunter lost in the woods, listening to itself and to everything around it, unsure of itself, waiting to pounce.
John Gardner