What did William H. Gass mean by: Literature is composed of quarter truths, and the quarters are often spent on penny candy. - William H. Gass Writer · USA Copy
+ The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William H. Gass, Book, Kids, Writing, 0 - William H. Gass Writer · USA
+ Words are the supreme objects. They are minded things. Feraz Zeid, October 17, 2023December 26, 2023, William H. Gass, Mind, Objects, Supreme, 0 - William H. Gass Writer · USA
+ It’s not the word made flesh we want in writing, in poetry and fiction, but the flesh made word Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William H. Gass, Fiction, Writing, 0 - William H. Gass Writer · USA
+ Getting even is one reason for writing. Feraz Zeid, September 17, 2023December 26, 2023, William H. Gass, Writing, 0 - William H. Gass Writer · USA
+ What else is soul but a listener? Feraz Zeid, October 28, 2023December 26, 2023, William H. Gass, Listeners, Listening, Soul, 0 - William H. Gass Writer · USA
+ When book and reader’s furrowed brow meet, it isn’t always the book that’s stupid. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William H. Gass, Book, Brows, Stupid, 0 - William H. Gass Writer · USA
+ Blue is therefore most suitable as the color of interior life. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William H. Gass, Color, Interiors, 0 - William H. Gass Writer · USA
+ If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William H. Gass, Feminine, Fiction, 0 - William H. Gass Writer · USA
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them. Explain - Ludwig von Mises Economist · Austria
Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
