The Impossible Generalized Man today is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy - yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Meaning he loves no one, worthy or no. This is what makes him impossible. Nelson Algren believecriticentail share on social
I don't think I've ever been either militant or profound as an anti-Fascist. When the issue has come up, when certain things have come up, and I've been called on to express - literally, when I've been cornered, then I take a left-wing stand. Nelson Algren anticallcorner share on social
The American middle class's faith in personal comfort as an end in itself is, in essence, a denial of life. And it has been imposed upon American writers and playwrights strongly enough to cut them off from their deeper sources. Nelson Algren americanclasscomfort share on social
The reason nobody investigates the men who are trading off our freedoms for private enrichment is that they are the very ones who are doing the investigating. Nelson Algren enrichmentfreedominvestigate Change image and share on social
Obsession remains the price of creation, and the writer who declines that risk will come up with nothing more creative than 'The Foxes of Harrow' or 'Mrs. Parkington.' Nelson Algren creationcreativedecline Change image and share on social
Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. Nelson Algren badlycallcard Change image and share on social
If you write something, and you believe in it, you'd like to see sixty million people moved by it. Nelson Algren millionmovepeople Change image and share on social
It isn't till now, in the American Century, as we have recklessly dubbed it, that tribal pressures toward conformity have been brought to bear so ruthlessly upon men and women seeking to work creatively. Nelson Algren americanbearbring share on social
New York is the place where they bind books and write blurbs and arrange the publicity and print the galleys... But Chicago is the place where the book is lived out before it is bound and the song is sung before it is recorded. Nelson Algren arrangebindblurb share on social
Chicago is an October sort of city even in spring. Nelson Algren chicagocityoctober Change image and share on social
