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Harry Mathews Quotes

I graduated in 1952 and went to Europe, with Niki and our first child Laura, who was then a year old.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: author
Nationality: american
Birth: February 14, 1930

Topics

Child Year First Child First Europe

If I hadn't been so outspoken, Jimmy Carter wouldn't have wanted me.

Me Been Wanted Outspoken Jimmy

I think everything Joni Mitchell did for music was big.

Maynard James Keenan

Music Think Everything Big I Think

You don't sit there at twenty-five, unpublished, inexperienced, and respond to Susan Sontag's editorial suggestions like a little snot, rejecting every one of them. But it had a lot to do with the fact that I didn't admire Susan's own fiction.

You Admire Fiction Respond Own Sit

Gone must be the days of only pointing fingers at others to fix what they may never fix. Our nation's ills are not merely the result of corruption or racism, although these are evil. Our troubles can also be traced directly to ineffective Christians.

Racism Evil Corruption Result Never

A 527 doesn't have a wife. It doesn't have a brother-in-law who knows a lot about politics, or a union president who calls and doesn't like the color of the suit, or bimbo eruptions. It's the perfect candidate, because it has no personal characteristics.

Politics Wife Color Perfect Personal

The people I always loved listening to had a little bit of dirt under their fingernails because they had done some living and had these stories to talk about.

People Listening Loved Done Living

If I don't fish in the morning, I fish in the evening.

Morning Evening Fish

If I'm doing a job, I'll give it 100%, and that job gets my absolute focus, and everything else goes to the side. Then, that job is finished, I'll concentrate on the next job.

Focus Job Doing Everything Side

If I'm writing a book, and I'm warned, 'Oh, this is unsaleable, you need to make it shorter,' or, 'It has to be this, or that,' I'm proud to say I don't pay attention.

William T. Vollmann

Writing Book Proud Attention You

You can't always let people do their own thing.

People You Always Own Thing

Many European countries, as well as Australia, Canada, Israel, and New Zealand, have adopted legislation that creates a 'public lending right', where the government recognises that enabling hundreds of people to read a single copy of a book provides a public good, but that doing so is likely to reduce sales of the book.

Good Government People Book Doing

For me, learning about cinema and the craft and the art of it, through making films with great people, has been such a cool experience.

Learning Great Art Experience People

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