Author: Nicholson Baker

Quotes

When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry.

When I really want to be soothed and reminded of why people bother to fiddle with sentences, I often read poetry.

- Nicholson Baker

Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you.

Until a friend or relative has applied a particular proverb to your own life, or until you've watched him apply the proverb to his own life, it has no power to sway you.

- Nicholson Baker

E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop.

E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop.

- Nicholson Baker

I was very shy and somewhat awkward. I studied too hard. And to have this exciting dorm life was a whole new thing.

I was very shy and somewhat awkward. I studied too hard. And to have this exciting dorm life was a whole new thing.

- Nicholson Baker

Many good poets are really essayists who write very short essays.

Many good poets are really essayists who write very short essays.

- Nicholson Baker

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