"At least for me, it takes more knowledge……" — William T. Vollmann
"At least for me, it takes more knowledge to write fiction than nonfiction. At least about someplace that I begin with a lot of ignorance about."
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William T. Vollmann
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26 Quotes by William T. Vollmann
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Most literary critics agree that fiction cannot be reduced to mere falsehood. Well-crafted protagonists come to life, pornography causes orgasms,…
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It will be fun to give some to prostitutes,
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I wish I could go back and rewrite my first book, You Bright and Risen Angels; I could do a…
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Just for the hell of it, try to love someone as unlike you as possible.
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Can you understand your own dreams, which arise with mushrooms' rank richness in the night-forests within your skull?
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I want to fall in love with beautiful women of all races. Rescue somebody every now and then, improve my…
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If this advertisement be not sufficient, I can only protrude my wormlike tendrils of apology, craving forbearance on the grounds…
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So he lent her books. After all, one of life's best pleasures is reading a book of perfect beauty; more…
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I studied Comparative Literature at Cornell. Structuralism was real big then. The idea of reading and writing as being this…
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Maybe life is a process of trading hopes for memories.
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Death is ordinary. Behold it, subtract its patterns and lessons from those of the death that weapons bring, and maybe…
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Death cannot be experienced either by the dead or the living.
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