The more melancholy side of my literary personality is much in tune with BS Johnson's. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes johnson literary melancholy
Writers never feel comfortable having labels attached to them, however accurate they are. Jonathan Coe accurateattachcomfortable Change image and share on social
But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels. Jonathan Coe bookkeepnovel Change image and share on social
I became quite taken over by Johnson's personality at some points while writing the biography, and since I went straight on to The Closed Circle afterwards, I did sometimes feel I could hear him whispering in my ear while I was working on it. Jonathan Coe biographycircleclose share on social
My recurring nightmare is that someday I will be faced with a panel: Franklin Roosevelt, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson all of whom will be telling me everything I got wrong about them. I know that Johnson's out there saying, 'Why is it that what you wrote about the Kennedys is twice as long as the book you wrote about me?' Doris Kearns Goodwin bookfacefranklin share on social
With literary fiction, generally a film maker falls in love with a book. In commercial fiction, it's a producer or studio falling in love with a book they can make into a movie with worldwide appeal. Robert Gottlieb appealbookcommercial Change image and share on social
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another. Anatole France dieenterleave Change image and share on social