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Leslie Fiedler quotes

American Critic March 8, 1917 – January 29, 2003

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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
Leslie Fiedler quote: "I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and..."
I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis. Leslie Fiedler
I think Henry Miller has had huge influence not because he wrote about sex, but because the memoir or the nonfiction novel has become such a monumental force in American publishing, if not in literature. Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "When all of us are forgotten, people will still be remembering..."
When all of us are forgotten, people will still be remembering Stephen King. Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic...."
When somebody asks me what I do, I don't think I'd say critic. I say writer. Leslie Fiedler
I've been writing about James Fenimore Cooper. He was not a writer. Here was a man who was 30 years old and had never put anything more than his signature on paper. Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "There are things in American culture that want to wipe the..."
There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction. Blue jeans. Ready-made clothes. Coca-Cola. Leslie Fiedler
Critics? How do they happen? I know how it happened to me. I would send a poem or story to a magazine and they would say this doesn't suit our needs precisely but on the other hand you sound interesting. Would you be interested in doing a review? Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost..."
Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein. Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "Kafka is still unrecognized. He thought he was a comic writer."
Kafka is still unrecognized. He thought he was a comic writer. Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard..."
I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard her talk. Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "I used to be fond of Indian arm wrestling."
I used to be fond of Indian arm wrestling. Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "The novel doesn't come into existence until certain methods of..."
The novel doesn't come into existence until certain methods of reproducing fiction come along. Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "Writers always know whether you like them or not."
Writers always know whether you like them or not. Leslie Fiedler
Leslie Fiedler quote: "The middlebrow, I hate."
The middlebrow, I hate. Leslie Fiedler

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