You’re under pressure when you produce facts. You’re working with facts in journalism, but you’re under all kinds of formal constraints; there are expectations.
Denis Johnson Quotes
In the plays - that's where I go crazy. But my prose has a much lighter touch; it's not trying to thrill with language, just to be more truthful. I'm not concerned with the accuracy of anything. We don't get to the truth of anything with facts.
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| Birth: | 1st July, 1949 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Playwright, Poet |
About
Denis Hale Johnson was born in Munich, West Germany. He is an American novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his short story collection Jesus' Son and his novel Tree of Smoke, which won the National Book Award for Fiction. He also writes plays, poetry and non-fiction. He holds a BA in English and an MFA degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. He published his first book of poetry, The Man Among Seals, in 1969. He published his first novel, Angels, in 1983.
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