Women have the feeling that since they didn’t make the rules, the rules have nothing to do with them.
Diane Johnson Quotes
A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out what a novel is about, and the job becomes one of understanding and deepening or sharpening what is already written. That is finding the theme.
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| Birth: | 28th April, 1934 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist |
About
Diane Johnson was born in Moline, Illinois, USA. She is an American novelist and essayist. She was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for her novel Persian Nights in 1988. Johnson's recent books include Lulu in Marrakech, L'Affaire, Le Mariage, and Le Divorce, for which she was a National Book Award finalist and the winner of the California Book Award gold medal for fiction.
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