Leslie Fiedler

Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#between #books #calls #gray #gray area

I admire Ginsberg as a poet, despite the fact that he seems not to know when he is being good and when he is bad. But he will last, or at least those poems will last. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#bad #being #despite #fact #ginsberg

I gave up writing blurbs because you make one friend and 200 enemies. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#friend #gave #i #make #one friend

I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#analysis #cool #detached #i #low

I like that people who are not experts can not only understand but get engaged by my work. I like that Joe Paterno can read me. Bill Bradley. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#bradley #engaged #experts #get #i

I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard her talk. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#even #heard #her #i #liked

I love it now that a large minority of people who are handicapped prefer to call themselves crippled. This is all part of the game, like queer theory. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#crippled #game #handicapped #i #i love

I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#critic #fireman #i #life #met

I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#funny #funny thing #happened #i #i think

I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#howl #i #long #rage #raised