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Top 9 James Thayer Quotes (2024 Update)

James Thayer Quote: “I can only write one novel at a time. The author of the Perry Mason novels, Erle Stanley Gardner, often worked on four novels simultaneously, and produced a million words a year. I’m envious.”

1. “I can only write one novel at a time. The author of the Perry Mason novels, Erle Stanley Gardner, often worked on four novels simultaneously, and produced a million words a year. I’m envious.”

— James Thayer

James Thayer Quote: “When I was hired by the University of Washington extension school to teach the one-year fiction writing course – 96 classroom hours – I quickly determined that I knew only about an hour’s worth off the top of my head.”

2. “When I was hired by the University of Washington extension school to teach the one-year fiction writing course – 96 classroom hours – I quickly determined that I knew only about an hour’s worth off the top of my head.”

— James Thayer

James Thayer Quote: “I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors.”

3. “I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors.”

— James Thayer

James Thayer Quote: “On opening sentences: “If in the first chapter a hurricane is going to blow down an oak tree which falls through the kitchen roof, there’s no need to first describe the kitchen.””

4. “On opening sentences: “If in the first chapter a hurricane is going to blow down an oak tree which falls through the kitchen roof, there’s no need to first describe the kitchen.””

— James Thayer

James Thayer Quote: “I’ve never discovered the idea for my next novel while I was still working on the current novel. Other writers don’t suffer this.”

5. “I’ve never discovered the idea for my next novel while I was still working on the current novel. Other writers don’t suffer this.”

— James Thayer

James Thayer Quote: “None of great sages of China preached the precept of love as a guideline for human behavior...”

6. “None of great sages of China preached the precept of love as a guideline for human behavior...”

— James Thayer

James Thayer Quote: “I need time to develop the idea into a plot before I talk about it.”

7. “I need time to develop the idea into a plot before I talk about it.”

— James Thayer

James Thayer Quote: “My students – all adults – bring a lot of writing skill to the first class, and they and I get better as the class progresses.”

8. “My students – all adults – bring a lot of writing skill to the first class, and they and I get better as the class progresses.”

— James Thayer

James Thayer Quote: “My experience is that an original and compelling idea for a novel is a rare thing.”

9. “My experience is that an original and compelling idea for a novel is a rare thing.”

— James Thayer

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