10 Quotes & Sayings By Joanna Field

Joanna Field is a writer, editor, podcast host, and editor for various projects at the Overlook Press. She has worked with James Patterson on his bestselling mystery novels, with Tom Clancy on his most popular books, and with Stephen King on many of his most popular books. She was also an assistant to thriller author Dean Koontz for several years. She was the copy chief on the paperback edition of Stephen King's On Writing Read more

Her articles have appeared in The Plain Dealer, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, Salon.com, Mental Floss magazine, and many other publications.

I now see my life, not as a slow shaping...
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I now see my life, not as a slow shaping of achievment to fit my preconceived purposes, but as the gradual discovery of a purpose which I did not know. Joanna Field
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There seemed to be endless obstacles preventing me from living with my eyes open, but as I gradually followed up clue after clue it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear. Joanna Field
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I began to have an idea of my life not as the slow shaping of achievement to fit my preconceived purposes but as the gradual discovery and growth of a purpose which I did not know. Joanna Field
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It's weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them. Joanna Field
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Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable. Joanna Field
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There seemed to be endless obstacles-it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear. Joanna Field
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There seemed to be endless obstacles ... it seemed that the root cause of them all was fear. Joanna Field
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It is weak and despicable to go on wanting things and not trying to get them. Joanna Field
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The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line. Joanna Field