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Blake Bailey quotes: I went down like a tray of dishes

I went down like a tray of dishes

Blake Bailey quotes: The Lost Weekend was the only book, out of five books, that I wrote sober, without stimulus or sedative.

The Lost Weekend was the only book, out of five books, that I wrote sober, without stimulus or sedative.

Blake Bailey quotes: Vevers remarked on what struck them as Yates's peculiar attitude toward women: 'He expected them to drink a lot and be beautiful all the time.

Vevers remarked on what struck them as Yates's peculiar attitude toward women: 'He expected them to drink a lot and be beautiful all the time.

Blake Bailey quotes: With literary biographies, you're either shelved with other biographies or next to your subject's fiction.

With literary biographies, you're either shelved with other biographies or next to your subject's fiction.

Blake Bailey quotes: When a child is young," Burck explained one night (perhaps he was relating Hauber's analogy), "you can catch him if he falls. Then he

When a child is young," Burck explained one night (perhaps he was relating Hauber's analogy), "you can catch him if he falls. Then he

Blake Bailey quotes: When you put a thing on paper, sometimes you discover you already know the answer. Or maybe that there is no answer, which is the same thing.

When you put a thing on paper, sometimes you discover you already know the answer. Or maybe that there is no answer, which is the same thing.

Blake Bailey quotes: I write literary biographies, so above all, I have to love the subject's books. But choosing a subject is tough.

I write literary biographies, so above all, I have to love the subject's books. But choosing a subject is tough.

Blake Bailey quotes: If possible, be funny.

If possible, be funny.