Author: Nicholson Baker

Quotes

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

The music wasn't going to happen, and I realized I had read so little. I didn't know my way around any century. I was very under read.

The music wasn't going to happen, and I realized I had read so little. I didn't know my way around any century. I was very under read.

- Nicholson Baker

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

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

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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