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Harry Mathews Quotes

I love teaching Picture Quote #1

Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited Picture Quote #1

I also had this mistaken dream, fantasy really - perhaps because I’m good at languages - of being able in both Italy and France to become someone else through my fluency in the language Picture Quote #1

She was disgusted with herself...and the disgust permanently cured her of suicide. Her piddling life did not deserve dramatic remedies Picture Quote #1

It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the reader’s opportunities to follow it at every step Picture Quote #1

My dream, I remember, when I went to boarding school, was to have a study all my own, a little nook someplace where nobody could get at me - nobody, like the football coach Picture Quote #1

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After the navy, I transferred to Harvard and finished there. I was there the spring term of 1951 and I stayed through the summer term and a whole other year, so I was able to do two years in a little less than a year and a half Picture Quote #1

I’d been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches Picture Quote #1

My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I’m not kidding Picture Quote #1

I think situations are more important than plot and character Picture Quote #1

You make something. You give up expressing and start inventing Picture Quote #1

My mother could never understand why I didn’t write a thriller, which I’ve finally done Picture Quote #1

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It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the reader’s opportunities to follow it at every step Picture Quote #1

I was immediately smitten with an attraction to this culture, not in the sense of high culture but of the basic way people behaved towards one another Picture Quote #1

Write about the things that attract you. Choose your subjects the way you used to choose your toys: out of desire Picture Quote #1

Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing... It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift Picture Quote #1

Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am Picture Quote #1

It’s true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting Picture Quote #1

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And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didnt Picture Quote #1

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I love teaching (Harry Mathews Quotes) Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited (Harry Mathews Quotes) I also had this mistaken dream, fantasy really - perhaps because I’m good at languages - of being able in both Italy and France to become someone else through my fluency in the language. (Harry Mathews Quotes) She was disgusted with herself...and the disgust permanently cured her of suicide. Her piddling life did not deserve dramatic remedies. (Harry Mathews Quotes) It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the reader’s opportunities to follow it at every step. (Harry Mathews Quotes) My dream, I remember, when I went to boarding school, was to have a study all my own, a little nook someplace where nobody could get at me - nobody, like the football coach. (Harry Mathews Quotes) After the navy, I transferred to Harvard and finished there. I was there the spring term of 1951 and I stayed through the summer term and a whole other year, so I was able to do two years in a little less than a year and a half (Harry Mathews Quotes) I’d been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches (Harry Mathews Quotes) My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I’m not kidding (Harry Mathews Quotes) I think situations are more important than plot and character (Harry Mathews Quotes) You make something. You give up expressing and start inventing (Harry Mathews Quotes) My mother could never understand why I didn’t write a thriller, which I’ve finally done (Harry Mathews Quotes) It has always been something I could do, and it may seem odd that in my case I seem to create an interesting narrative and frustrate the reader’s opportunities to follow it at every step (Harry Mathews Quotes) I was immediately smitten with an attraction to this culture, not in the sense of high culture but of the basic way people behaved towards one another (Harry Mathews Quotes) Write about the things that attract you. Choose your subjects the way you used to choose your toys: out of desire (Harry Mathews Quotes) Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing... It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift (Harry Mathews Quotes) Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am (Harry Mathews Quotes) It’s true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting (Harry Mathews Quotes) And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didnt (Harry Mathews Quotes)