It is a curious fact that the word 'essayist' showed up in English before it existed in French. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes curious english essayist
Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in New Albany, Ind. John Jeremiah Sullivan albanybasementdead Change image and share on social
Thinking you're a genius is death. John Jeremiah Sullivan deathgeniusthink Change image and share on social
Reporting provides reminders that things are always more complicated than you think. John Jeremiah Sullivan complicatereminderreport Change image and share on social
They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York. Roddy McDowall boyenglishknow Change image and share on social
I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist. Jose Saramago essayistnovelistplaywright Change image and share on social
Out of the thousand writers huffing and puffing through movieland, there are scarcely fifty men and women of wit and talent... Yet, in a curious way, there is not much difference between the product of a good writer and a bad one. They both have to toe the same mark. Ben Hecht badcuriousdifference share on social