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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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...

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.

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 most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for...

The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for...

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,...

The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue....

The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much...

Many people worry so much about managing their careers, but rarely spend half that much...

A born writer is born scrofulous; his career is an accident dictated by physical or...

A born writer is born scrofulous; his career is an accident dictated by physical or...

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...

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...

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...

Your reader is at least as bright as you are

Your reader is at least as bright as you are

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...