Henry James was our master of periphrasis -- the fine art of saying as little as possible in the greatest number of… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“In his book Real Presences, George Steiner asks us to "imagine a society in which all talk about the arts, music and… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
“It's not Jane Austen, it's not Henry James. But this writer, or writers, well, they're pretty damn good too.” — Richard Curtis Copy Share Image
While reading writers of great formulatory power — Henry James, Santayana, Proust — I find I can scarcely get through a page… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
The distinction between literary and genre fiction is stupid and pernicious. It dates back to a feud between Robert Louis Stevenson and… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
If the history of the American sentence were a John Ford movie, its second act would conclude with the young Ernest Hemingway… — Adam Haslett Copy Share Image
“On 10 August 1914, five days after war was declared, Henry James, in a letter to a friend, expressed his revulsion at… — Henry James Copy Share Image
My tendencies are much more the Henry James thing, where we sit in silence at the table for three minutes, and our… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
“On a book by Henry James: "Once you put it down, you simply can't pick it up.” — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“I want to see what life makes of you. One thing is certain - it can't spoil you. It may pull you… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I was in Venice teaching, so I reread Henry James's "The Wings of the Dove." I love James. — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
“Since I've moved here a Chinese takeaway on the main street has ominiously renamed itself from whatever it was before to the… — Olivia Sudjic Copy Share Image
“And even beyond the flaws, there are just some simple differences between Felipe and me that we will both have to accept.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I am reading Henry James...and feel myself as one entombed in a block of smooth amber. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Quite by chance, her talk of ghosts comes on the very day the book I am in the middle of reading has… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
“she wanted to know what American writers I liked. "Hawthorne, Henry James, Emily Dickinson…" "No, living." Ah, well, hmm, let's see: how… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
“I've been thinking that of late - she said. - Thinking what? - That the world of Henry James is becoming very… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“the modern religions of secular salvation have undermined their own main assumption: that the future would be materially superior to the present.… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“At his house I often met Henry James. I liked to watch that ingenious spider weaving his webs, but to me he… — Jane Ellen Harrison Copy Share Image
Ironically, Henry James' biography comforts me & I long to make known to him his posthumous reputation he wrote, in pain, gave… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“She wished to say everything; she was afraid he might die before she had done so.” — Henry James Copy Share Image
Henry James joyously engaged in the act of writing. A good day's writing gave him a sense of strength, of control over… — Leon Edel Copy Share Image
I write longer sentences than most of the others, maybe because I probably like Henry James more than they do. — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
