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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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...

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...

I love to write. I love it. I mean there's nothin in the world I...

I love to write. I love it. I mean there's nothin in the world I...

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

A culture is made -- or destroyed -- by its articulate voices.

Writing is a job. A drunk writer is about as useful as a drunk surgeon....

Writing is a job. A drunk writer is about as useful as a drunk surgeon....

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

Whether or not you write well, write bravely

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious

I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.

I write to discover what I think. After all, the bars aren't open that early.

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

Write what should not be forgotten

Write what should not be forgotten

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word...

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word...

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

If the truth is there, bad writing won't hurt it !

If the truth is there, bad writing won't hurt it !