The best American writers have come from the hinterlands--Mark Twain, Theodore
Dreiser, Jack London, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wolfe, Steinbeck. Most of them
never even went to college.
-- Edward Abbey
Dreiser, Jack London, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wolfe, Steinbeck. Most of them
never even went to college.
-- Edward Abbey
Related:
- The best people, like the best wines, come from the hills.
Edward... - Most writers are naturally sycophants. Born in the fetal position,
they never learn to stand erect. -- Edward... - Poor Faulkner.
Does he really think big emotions come from big words... - Poor Faulkner.
Does he really think big emotions come from big words... - King Arthur and his armored goons of the Round Table functioned as the
Politburo of a slave state:
Camelot. Of all who have written on the Matter of Arthur... - My own best books have not been published. In fact,
they've not even been written yet. -- Edward... - All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called
Huckleberry Finn.
American writting comes from that. There was nothing... - The gurus come from the sickliest nation on earth to tell us how to live.
And we pay them for it. -- Edward... - All serious writers want the obvious rewards: fame,
money, women, love--and most of all, an audience! ...
