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John C. Hawkes
American
Novelist
Born:
Aug 17
,
1925
Died:
May 15
,
1998
About
Alaska
Back
Fiction
Life
People
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Really, I didn't like Alaska. It rained, almost every day, at least 300 days out of the year.
John C. Hawkes
Day
Every Day
Year
Every
Out
Almost
Almost Every Day
Days
Like
Least
Really
Alaska
Rained
I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing as it becomes more personal.
John C. Hawkes
Writing
Recognized
More
Prose
Becomes
Personal
Want
Fiction
Not Interested
Interested
I didn't for a moment doubt the choice, but if life is ever fearsome, it is truly fearsome then.
John C. Hawkes
Life
Doubt
Fearsome
Truly
Then
Choice
Moment
Ever
I didn't know what kind of jobs, because how was I prepared? At best, I would be an AB in English.
John C. Hawkes
Best
Jobs
Kind
Would
Would-Be
Know
Because
How
English
Prepared
In The Lime Twig I took two very young people and made them very old.
John C. Hawkes
People
Old
Made
Young
Took
Lime
Very
Young People
Them
Twig
Two
As in The Lime Twig dream and illusion are right at the center of Charivari.
John C. Hawkes
Illusion
Dream
Lime
Center
Twig
Right
I'm only interested in fiction that in some way or other voices the very imagination which is conceiving it.
John C. Hawkes
Imagination
Other
Way
Some
Only
Voices
Conceiving
Very
Fiction
Which
Interested
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
Back
Airplane
Tell
Female
Shift
Male
Ship
Same
May
Whether
Forth
Convinced
Hard
When I started writing fiction, I knew how good it was immediately.
John C. Hawkes
Good
Writing
Immediately
Knew
How
Fiction
Started
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