American Literary Quotes
- Edmund Wilson was our greatest American literary critic because he was more than a literary critic: He was a fearless, even radical judge of the… — Edward Abbey
- I wonder what it means about American literary culture and its transmission when I consider the number of American poets who earn their living teaching… — Marilyn Hacker
- In the time it takes American literary titan William H. Gass to write a novel, other artists have been born, completed their life's work and… — Tony D'Souza
- I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book. — Macaulay Culkin
- The British and American literary worlds operate in an odd kind of symbiosis: our critics think our contemporary novelists are not the stuff of greatness… — Will Self