John Madera

William Faulkner on Writing, Art, Life, Time, and More

Happy birthday, William Faulkner! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Read, read, read. Read everything—trash, classics, good…

Happy birthday, William Carlos Williams! Here are some quotes from the Puerto Rican writer: “beauty is a defiance…

Happy birthday, Richard Wright! Here are some quotes from the writer: “All literature is protest.” “The artist…

Happy birthday, Julio Cortázar! Here are some quotes from the writer: “‘What good is a writer if he…

Happy birthday, Annie Proulx! 90, today! Here are some quotes from the writer: “I read omnivorously, I always…

Happy birthday, John Hawkes! Here are some quotes from the author: “‘Choice means variable, variable means discontinuity, discontinuity destroys…

Happy birthday, James Baldwin! Here are some quotes from the writer: “Artists are here to disturb the peace.”…

Happy birthday, Herman Melville! Here are some quotes from his writing: “It is better to fail in originality,…

Happy birthday, William H. Gass! Here are some quotes from his books, interviews, etc. Speaking of interviews, read my career-spanning…

Happy birthday, John Ashbery! Here are some quotes from his writing: “I too often feel like a person I…