Famous quotes containing the words american and/or novelist:
“Somebody said that I am the last American living the tragedy of Europe.”
—Ezra Pound (1885–1972)
“The novelist is required to open his eyes on the world around him and look. If what he sees is not highly edifying, he is still required to look. Then he is required to reproduce, with words, what he sees.”
—Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964)