It's so wrong when I pick up a new edition of Huckleberry Finn and I look at the last page and it doesn't say, Yours truly, at the end. Leslie Fiedler editionendfinn Change image and share on social
I've had a tough time with Pynchon. I liked him very much when I first read him. I liked him less with each book. He got denser and more complex in a way that didn't really pay off. Leslie Fiedler bookcomplexdense Change image and share on social
I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake. Leslie Fiedler essayfinnegansfunny Change image and share on social
My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time. Leslie Fiedler assignmenttimetruth Change image and share on social
When all of us are forgotten, people will still be remembering Stephen King. Leslie Fiedler forgetkingpeople Change image and share on social
I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist. Leslie Fiedler criticfiremanlife Change image and share on social
Anybody in the next centuries wanting to know what it was like to be a poet in the middle of the 20th century should read Kaddish. Leslie Fiedler 20thcenturykaddish Change image and share on social
The novel is the first art form that is an honest-to-god commodity. That's what makes it different from both high art and folk art. Leslie Fiedler artcommodityfolk Change image and share on social
The reason Saul Bellow doesn't talk to me anymore is because he knows his new novels are not worth reading. Leslie Fiedler anymorebellownovel Change image and share on social
Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein. Leslie Fiedler frailgertrudehemingway Change image and share on social