Charles J. Shields Quotes
- There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is vital precisely because…
- Engaging and well paced, the book fills in the reality behind Vonnegut's work
- She just wanted to be comfortable in her own skin...But she would not stop to seek others' approval. The notion that she should never seemed…
- Self-pity is a sin. It is a form of living suicide.
- The great purpose in life is to take your destiny out of the hands of others.
- My theory is that Kurt had a lot of residual pain from his childhood. And when you pile that on top of his experience in…
- In the late 1990s, I left the teaching field to write biographies and histories for young adults.
- Bernard Vonnegut, named for his paternal grandfather, was born August 29, 1914. He was a serious-looking little boy, even in informal photographs.
- All great works of literature either dissolve a genre or invent one.
- If you want to write serious books, you must be ready to break the forms.