Famous quotes containing the words american and/or writers:
“In the American metaphysic, reality is always material reality, hard, resistant, unformed, impenetrable, and unpleasant.”
—Lionel Trilling (19051975)
“Theyre fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say dont listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.”
—Lillian Hellman (19051984)