Original: Il tempo e le azioni raccontano la vera identità di chiunque.
Source: prevale.net
1990s, I Am a Man, a Black Man, an American (1998)
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 225.
On Freedom (1958)
Context: The true Enlightenment thinker, the true rationalist, never wants to talk anyone into anything. No, he does not even want to convince; all the time he is aware that he may be wrong. Above all, he values the intellectual independence of others too highly to want to convince them in important matters. He would much rather invite contradiction, preferably in the form of rational and disciplined criticism. He seeks not to convince but to arouse — to challenge others to form free opinions.
“Never let anyone shame you into doing anything you don't choose to do. Keep your identity.”
Source: Valley of the Dolls
“English Aphorists,” p. 108
Reperusals and Recollections (1936)
“I don’t tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.”
The Paris Review interview (2010)
Context: New Yorkers love to dupe themselves, as well as doom themselves. I haven’t had to live like that. I’m a California boy. I don’t tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.
