Author: Harry Mathews

Quotes

Well, I had this little notion - I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it; it was my great refuge through adolescence.

Well, I had this little notion - I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it; it was my great refuge through adolescence.

- Harry Mathews

My Life in CIA is the first time that I've ever written a story in my own name.

My Life in CIA is the first time that I've ever written a story in my own name.

- Harry Mathews

My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I'm not kidding.

My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I'm not kidding.

- Harry Mathews

I think situations are more important than plot and character.

I think situations are more important than plot and character.

- Harry Mathews

I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches.

I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches.

- Harry Mathews

Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.

Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.

- Harry Mathews

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