Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than… — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
“March 6, 1961 I remembered a party in a house outside of Ann Arbor. There was a jazz band -- piano, bass, drums, and… — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
Of mystery there is no end. Of clarity, there is precious little. — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
Stories should be natural as apples, brief as lust, long as a thought. — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
“Something Evil I said, "Ikstein stands outside the door for a long time before he knocks. Did you suspect that? Did you suspect that… — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling. — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
“Answers I began two hundred hours of continuous reading in the twelve hours that remained before examinations. Melvin Bloom my roommate flipped the pages… — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
There's hardly anywhere in literature where you don't find a triangle. — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
There is always something for which there is no accounting. Take, for example, the whole world. — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
Adultery is not about sex or romance. Ultimately, it is about how little we mean to one another. — Leonard Michaels Copy Share Image
