The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes excavate experience people
An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience. James Baldwin arriveexperienceface Change image and share on social
Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they sorely need: a sense of life's possibilities. James Baldwin europeinexorablelife Change image and share on social
We have all had the experience of finding that our reactions and perhaps even our deeds have denied beliefs we thought were ours. James Baldwin beliefdeeddeny Change image and share on social
I can think of no other writer who so thoroughly embodies the Jamesian spirit as Alison Lurie. Like him she can excavate all the possibilities of a theme. Like his, her books seem long, unbroken threads, seamless progressions of effects. Edmund White alisonbookeffect share on social
What I look for when I see a piece of art for the first time is some kind of emotional, intellectual experience, that's a combination of both of those things and is informed by my knowledge and something new that I see the artist doing. Cheech Marin artartistcombination share on social