America Quote by James Purdy

In a competitive society, the thing people fear the most is love.

— James Purdy

“Pleasure died forty years ago in America, perhaps further back, in a wave of carbon monoxide, gasoline, cigarettes for dames, the belief in everything…

— James Purdy

No one looks at a television, and no one hears it. It's a poison.

— James Purdy

Feeling is taboo, especially in New York. I read in some little magazine the other day that The New Yorker and The New York…

— James Purdy

I am against all machines. It's no wonder that so many Americans go on dope when they have no other cultural stimulus than a…

— James Purdy

There's the world of the newspapers. They believe that what is happening is happening, which is so naïve. Because they're the first to turn…

— James Purdy

Margaret Meade is always running around saying that marijuana's just like bread and water! Well, bread and water are poison, and marijuana's a poison.…

— James Purdy

I don't have any home. Everyone I grew up with, my family, are all dead. So I feel kind of like a ghost. I'm…

— James Purdy

I've never been in fashion. Not at all.

— James Purdy

“Writing is like a battle. You’re often so into it you don’t have any high ideals. You’re just doing it. I have all these…

— James Purdy

None of my books are best-sellers. In fact, the only thing that's kept me alive is the books that are in paperback. People find…

— James Purdy

Television masturbates its audience even though the audience is not really watching. It masturbates orifices the audience doesn't have. It sticks holes in the…

— James Purdy