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Edmund White quotes

American Novelist January 13, 1940

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As a young teenager I looked desperately for things to read that might excuse me or assure me I wasn't the only one, that might confirm an identity I was unhappily piecing together. Edmund White
Writers say two things that strike me as nonsense. One is that you must follow an absolute schedule everyday. If you're not writing well, why continue it? I just don't think this grinding away is useful. Edmund White
I was aware of the treacherous air vents above us, conducting the sounds we were making upstairs. Maybe dad was listening. Or maybe, just like Kevin, he was unaware of anything but the pleasure spurting up out of his body and into mine. Edmund White
Edmund White quote: "The most important things in our intimate lives can't be..."
The most important things in our intimate lives can't be discussed with strangers, except in books. Edmund White
Edmund White quote: "Biography can be the most middle-class of all forms, the..."
Biography can be the most middle-class of all forms, the judgment of little people avenging themselves on the great. Edmund White
I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules of the biography game, arbitrary as those rules might be. Edmund White
If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire. Edmund White
When we are young... we often experience things in the present with a nostalgia-in-advance, but we seldom guess what we will truly prize years from now. Edmund White
Edmund White quote: "His ribs were as visible as hands around a cup."
His ribs were as visible as hands around a cup. Edmund White

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