
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
This Business of Living (1935-1950)
Source: Roots : The Saga of an American Family (1976), Ch. 51.
Letter to Larry Callen (14 July 1958), p. 133
1990s, The Proud Highway : The Fear and Loathing Letters Volume I (1997)
Context: I find that by putting things in writing I can understand them and see them a little more objectively. … For words are merely tools and if you use the right ones you can actually put even your life in order, if you don't lie to yourself and use the wrong words.
“You can do anything you put your mind to and just to follow your dreams.”
McKenna Grace [citation needed]
“Life is short. Short, and not about anything except what you can touch and what touches you.”
“One can forgive Shakespeare anything, except one's own bad lines.”
Page 46.
The Last Testament of Oscar Wilde (1983)