I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes distinction literate oral
A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars. David Antin binocularsbrownlie Change image and share on social
I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go. David Antin happylistenstand Change image and share on social
I had no idea where these kids at a small private college in the San Fernando Valley were coming from, why they were coming to hear me, or what they needed to know. David Antin collegecomefernando Change image and share on social
I think my grandmother Woodrell was most responsible for my becoming a writer. She wasn't quite literate, but was very proud that she attended school as far as the third grade. She worked as a maid, housekeeper and cook. Daniel Woodrell attendcookgrade share on social
It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury. George Plimpton biographyeditorjury Change image and share on social
I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly. Ian Mckellen actcomediancomic Change image and share on social
