Skip to content

Time Quotes by Edmund White

10 Time quotes by Edmund White

All Time quotes Edmund White’s page

If you’ve ever wondered how a novelist feels about the passage of moments, this set of ten quotes offers a concise glimpse into White’s perspective. Though brief, each line captures his literary sensitivity, making it a handy reference for anyone curious about his take on the ticking clock.

Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

At certain crucial moments - an emergency or an opportunity - one must act first and think later.

Image

In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take someone totally different from my real…

Image

Barack Obama's decision to come out in favour of gay marriage may be a historic occasion, but it is not an isolated…

Image

“At every moment I convinced myself that I was gathering material for the novel of my life - all experienced from the…

Image

In the 1970s in New York, everyone slept till noon. It was a grungy, dangerous, bankrupt city without normal services most of…

Image

The Stonewall riots were a key moment for gay people. Throughout modern history, gays had thought of themselves as something like a…

Image

In a novel, I think you have a contract with the reader to make the character representative - of a moment in…

Image

How thrilling to discover one had depths, how consoling to find them less polluted than the shallows, how encouraging to identify the…

Image

“In the past, when gays were very flamboyant as drag queens or as leather queens or whatever, that just amused people. And…

Image

“It was a grungy, dangerous, bankrupt city without normal services most of the time. The garbage piled up and stank during long…

Image

Other authors on Time

More by Edmund White

The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They…

Image

Just like Barack Obama, my views on gay marriage have evolved, and now I am a reluctant groom.

Image

In 'A Boy's Own Story' and 'Jack Holmes and His Friend,' my idea was to take someone totally different from my real self and,…

Image

Everyone seems agreed that writing about sex is perilous, partly because it threatens to swamp highly individualised characters in a generic, featureless activity (much…

Image

'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in translation, the…

Image

If you're a beach person or a golfer, Key West is not for you. Most of the sand has been imported, and the water…

Image

First, I was opposed to gay marriage because it seemed like one more way that gays were wanting to assimilate. When I realized the…

Image

From my mother I learned just how violent and unquenchable a woman's loneliness can be. She had been sheltered excessively by her husband and…

Image

From an early age, I had the idea that writing was truth-telling. It's on the record. Everybody can see it. Maybe it goes back…

Image

Since, in the best Southern tradition, I was named Edmund Valentine White III, sometimes when people look up my books on Amazon they find…

Image

When I was young, I despised old people. I was provincial and narrow-minded. It's the reason I stayed stupid so long. If you only…

Image

Key West is the place where your sickly house plant back in New York grows to 10 ft. It's also the place where an…

Image