What did Harold Brodkey mean by: I am startled when people are themselves and are not my thoughts of them. Harold Brodkey Copy
You really can’t write unless you read. You have to know what the game is all about. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Harold Brodkey, Knowledge, Reading, Writing, 0 Harold Brodkey
My protagonists are my mother’s voice and the mind I had when I was thirteen. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Harold Brodkey, Adolescence, Identity, Motherhood, 0 Harold Brodkey
Death is not soft-mouthed, vague-footed, nearby. It is in the hall. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Harold Brodkey, Death, Imminence, Presence, 0 Harold Brodkey
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
