What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or surprise, and nobody is more surprised than an honest writer when he makes a good phrase or says something truthful.
Source: Alms for Oblivion, No Love and No Thanks (1964).
-- Edward Dahlberg, (Jul 22 1900-1977), US novelist, critic; He wrote Bottom Dogs, 1929.