"Fiction becomes visual by becoming verbal" — William H. Gass
"Fiction becomes visual by becoming verbal"
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William H. Gass
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41 Quotes by William H. Gass
William H. Gass has 41 quotes on this site.
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The death of God represents not only the realization that gods have never existed, but the contention that such a…
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If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.
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What one wants to do with stories is screw them up.
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Literature is composed of quarter truths, and the quarters are often spent on penny candy.
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Getting even is one reason for writing.
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I get very tense working, so I often have to get up and wander around the house. It is very…
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I usually have poor to absent relations with editors because they have a habit of desiring changes and I resist…
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The things that stayed were things that didn't matter except they stayed, night and day, all seasons the same, and…
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Works of art are meant to be lived with and loved, and if we try to understand them, we should…
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Words [are] more beautiful than a found fall leaf.
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The expression to write something down suggests a descent of thought to the fingers whose movements immediately falsify it.
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For the speedy reader paragraphs become a country the eye flies over looking for landmarks, reference points, airports, restrooms, passages…
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