More from Joe Jones
- All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath. Letter to his daughter Frances Scott Fitzgerald
- A person who can write a long letter with ease, cannot write ill.
- Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. ii.
- I do not write for such dull elves As have not a great deal of ingenuity themselves. Letter, January 29, 1813, to her sister, Cassandra.
- If writing is so solitary, why are there so many people to thank? Shopgirl
- I grew up in this town, my poetry was born between the hill and the river, it took its voice from the rain, and like the timber, it steeped itself in the forests. Wall Street Journal 14 Nov 85
Last reviewed 2026-07-06