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David Foster Wallace Quotes

David Foster Wallace quotes

American Writer February 21, 1962 – December 12, 2008

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For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going. David Foster Wallace
The problem is that once the rules of art are debunked, and once the unpleasant realities the irony diagnoses are revealed and diagnosed, "then" what do we do? David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: " That no single, individual moment is in and of itself..."
... That no single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Ortho Stice played with a kind of rigid, liquid grace, like a..."
Ortho Stice played with a kind of rigid, liquid grace, like a panther in a back-brace. David Foster Wallace
I don't think writers are any smarter than other people. I think they may be more compelling in their stupidity, or in their confusion. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "[T]he worst kind of nihilist—the kind who isn't even aware..."
[T]he worst kind of nihilist—the kind who isn't even aware he's a nihilist. David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Please learn the pragmatics of expressing fear: sometimes..."
Please learn the pragmatics of expressing fear: sometimes words that seem to express really invoke. This can be tricky. David Foster Wallace
...The drunk and the maimed both are dragged forward out of the arena like a boneless Christ, one man under each arm, feet dragging, eyes on the aether. David Foster Wallace
As a rule, almost all of them are Midwesterners...This area of the country, what are we to say of this area of the country, Ms. Beadsman?...Both in the middle and on the fringe. The physical heart and the cultural extremity. Corn, a steady waning complex of heavy industry, and sports. What are we to say? We feed and stoke and supply a nation much of which doesn't know we exist. A nation we tend to be decades behind, culturally and intellectually. What are we to say about it? David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Words and a book and a belief that the world is words..."
Words and a book and a belief that the world is words... David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "I had kind of a midlife crisis at twenty which probably..."
I had kind of a midlife crisis at twenty which probably doesn’t augur well for my longevity David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S...."
Rap's conscious response to the poverty and oppression of U.S. blacks is like some hideous parody of sixties black pride. David Foster Wallace
Don’t cry, Booboo. Remember the flag only halfway up the pole? Booboo, there are two ways to lower a flag to half-mast. Are you listening? Because no shit I really have to sleep here in a second. So listen - one way to lower the flag to half mast is just to lower the flag. There’s another way though. You can also just raise the pole. You can raise the pole to like twice its original height. You get me? You understand what I mean, Mario? David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace quote: "The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader..."
The job of the first eight pages is not to have the reader want to throw the book at the wall, during the first eight pages. David Foster Wallace
You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writin? your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about fiction writing; a certain amount of vanity is necessary to be able to do it all, but any vanity above that certain amount is lethal. David Foster Wallace

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