Author: Leslie Fiedler

Quotes

I like that people who are not experts can not only understand but get engaged by my work. I like that Joe Paterno can read me. Bill Bradley.

I like that people who are not experts can not only understand but get engaged by my work. I like that Joe Paterno can read me. Bill Bradley.

- Leslie Fiedler

I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake.

I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake.

- Leslie Fiedler

Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly, he answered the question with what the student had really wanted to know.

Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly, he answered the question with what the student had really wanted to know.

- Leslie Fiedler

I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.

I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.

- Leslie Fiedler

I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.

I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.

- Leslie Fiedler

I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist.

I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist.

- Leslie Fiedler

I admire Ginsberg as a poet, despite the fact that he seems not to know when he is being good and when he is bad. But he will last, or at least those poems will last.

I admire Ginsberg as a poet, despite the fact that he seems not to know when he is being good and when he is bad. But he will last, or at least those poems will last.

- Leslie Fiedler

I love it now that a large minority of people who are handicapped prefer to call themselves crippled. This is all part of the game, like queer theory.

I love it now that a large minority of people who are handicapped prefer to call themselves crippled. This is all part of the game, like queer theory.

- Leslie Fiedler

Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical.

Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical.

- Leslie Fiedler

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