Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out their memories and their nightmares to extract meaning, truth, beauty.

Quote by Herbert Gold

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Sometimes he advertises himself assiduously, writing a few words and then rushing to the talk...

Sometimes he advertises himself assiduously, writing a few words and then rushing to the talk...

He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast.

He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast.

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as...

Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual.

Job security is gone. The driving force of a career must come from the individual.

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that...

If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that...

DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career cannot be summed up...

DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw. His career cannot be summed up...

Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage...

Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage...

I suppose it's natural that people talk about the coincidences with Pele's career. But before...

I suppose it's natural that people talk about the coincidences with Pele's career. But before...

People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them.

People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them.

I have probably purchased fifty 'hot tips' in my career, maybe even more. When I...

I have probably purchased fifty 'hot tips' in my career, maybe even more. When I...

My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want...

My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want...

My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want...

My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want...

The careers that always impressed me, and the people that I've always looked up to,...

The careers that always impressed me, and the people that I've always looked up to,...

Models now need to promote themselves, think like business women and diversify their careers by...

Models now need to promote themselves, think like business women and diversify their careers by...

I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career...

I just don't believe in the basic concept that someone should make their whole career...

The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on...

The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on...

The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another...

The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another...

The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some...

The darkest day in a man's career is that wherein he fancies there is some...

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of...

For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of...

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence...

I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that sentence...