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Anatole Broyard
The more I...
The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. . . . this spontaneous talking back to a book [is] one of the things...
The tension between...
The tension between yes and no, between I can and I cannot, makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an...
His father, Vincent,...
His father, Vincent, took him to La Coupole in Paris and, after sitting on the terrace for a while, walked off and...
It is one...
It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at...
Either a writer...
Either a writer doesn't want to talk about his work, or he talks about it more than you...
There was a...
There was a time when we expected nothing of children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect...
Aphorisms are bad...
Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.
Source: On Barbara...
The epic implications...
The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with...
To be misunderstood...
To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the...
If a book...
If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three...
The more I...
The more I like a book, the more slowly I read. . . . this spontaneous talking back to a book [is] one of the things...
The tension between...
The tension between yes and no, between I can and I cannot, makes us feel that, in so many instances, human life is an...
His father, Vincent,...
His father, Vincent, took him to La Coupole in Paris and, after sitting on the terrace for a while, walked off and...
It is one...
It is one of the paradoxes of American literature that our writers are forever looking back with love and nostalgia at...
Either a writer...
Either a writer doesn't want to talk about his work, or he talks about it more than you...
There was a...
There was a time when we expected nothing of children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect...
Aphorisms are bad...
Aphorisms are bad for novels. They stick in the reader's teeth.
Source: On Barbara...
The epic implications...
The epic implications of being human end in more than this: We start our lives as if they were momentous stories, with...
To be misunderstood...
To be misunderstood can be the writer's punishment for having disturbed the reader's peace. The greater the...
If a book...
If a book is really good, it deserves to be read again, and if it's great, it should be read at least three...