Timeless. I'm still at a point where I have a folder full of writing quotes. I suspect I'll never outgrow them. They literally sink into the marrow of my bones.
Hey cool, may you never leave that point. I heard Denis Johnson was teaching at UT-Austin & he handed out this mammoth photocopy of writer's quotes he'd been collecting all his life & that he would still read for inspo
Denis Johnson. What I wouldn't have given to meet the man! Did you read the Foreword he wrote for Leonard Gardner's "Fat City"? (I have it practically memorized.)
I haven't read that intro but lord what a perfect book for him to intro. Heard he was great teacher, prone to cry, taught at UT-Austin a lot, drove around town in a red convertible
Johnson essentially absorbed Leonard Gardner's "Fat City" as you did "Blood Meridian." He pens a unique ode to Gardner. My favorite Denis Johnson is "Jesus' Son." Its about as minimalistic as a cannon-ball delivered to the solar plexus.
Love this!
So thrilled to hear, Nicholas!
Timeless. I'm still at a point where I have a folder full of writing quotes. I suspect I'll never outgrow them. They literally sink into the marrow of my bones.
Hey cool, may you never leave that point. I heard Denis Johnson was teaching at UT-Austin & he handed out this mammoth photocopy of writer's quotes he'd been collecting all his life & that he would still read for inspo
Denis Johnson. What I wouldn't have given to meet the man! Did you read the Foreword he wrote for Leonard Gardner's "Fat City"? (I have it practically memorized.)
I haven't read that intro but lord what a perfect book for him to intro. Heard he was great teacher, prone to cry, taught at UT-Austin a lot, drove around town in a red convertible
Johnson essentially absorbed Leonard Gardner's "Fat City" as you did "Blood Meridian." He pens a unique ode to Gardner. My favorite Denis Johnson is "Jesus' Son." Its about as minimalistic as a cannon-ball delivered to the solar plexus.