Somehow the demands of the market must fuse with the author’s private preoccupations.
Quotes
Alex Zwerdling
The American reviews of the The Bostonians are so hostile that the New York office of (Henry) James’s publisher warns the home office to
Henry James
His (Henry James) rebellion against his fate involved a five year flirtation with the theater, which ended in the failure of his play ‘Guy
Henry Adams
The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if
Henry Adams
For the first time I begin to feel poor and peevish, like a child left out of a game. Not to have fifty millions
Venus Williams
Some people say I have attitude – maybe I do. But I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no
Joe Louis
Why should I? When somebody insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for them? – Explaining why he did not hit a motorist after
Geoffrey Moorhouse
Few things are more deeply rooted in the collective imagination of the English than the village cricket match. It stirs a romantic illusion about
Henry Fielding
I had rather enjoy my own mind than the fortune of another man. What is the poor pride arising from a magnificent house, a
Martina Navratilova
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.