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Donald Barthelme quotes: There's not a strong autobiographical strain in my fiction. A few bits of fact here and there. There's not a strong autobiographical strain in my fiction. A few bits of fact here and there.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Succeed! It has been done, and with a stupidity that can astound the most experienced. Succeed! It has been done, and with a stupidity that can astound the most experienced.
Donald Barthelme quotes: We are what we have been told about ourselves. We are the sum of the messages we have received. The true messages. The false messages. We are what we have been told about ourselves. We are the sum of the messages we have received. The true messages. The false messages.
Donald Barthelme quotes: I am never needlessly obscure I am needfully obscure, when I am obscure. I am never needlessly obscure I am needfully obscure, when I am obscure.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Machines are braver than art. Machines are braver than art.
Donald Barthelme quotes: mead for my men! mead for my men!
Donald Barthelme quotes: -You are killing me."" -We? Not we. Not in any sense, we. Processes are killing you, not we. Inexorable processes. -You are killing me."
" -We? Not we. Not in any sense, we. Processes are killing you, not we. Inexorable processes.
Donald Barthelme quotes: The thing about books is, there are quite a number you don't have to read. The thing about books is, there are quite a number you don't have to read.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Endings are elusive, middles are nowhere to be found, but worst of all is to begin, to begin, to begin. Endings are elusive, middles are nowhere to be found, but worst of all is to begin, to begin, to begin.
Donald Barthelme quotes: It is possible of course that there are no more real men here, on his ball of half-truths, the earth. It is possible of course that there are no more real men here, on his ball of half-truths, the earth.
Donald Barthelme quotes: I believe that because I had obtained a wife who was made up of wife-signs (beauty, charm, softness, perfume, cookery) I had found love. I believe that because I had obtained a wife who was made up of wife-signs (beauty, charm, softness, perfume, cookery) I had found love.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Doubt is a necessary precondition tomeaningful action. Fear is the great mover in the end. Doubt is a necessary precondition tomeaningful action. Fear is the great mover in the end.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Fragments are the only forms I trust. Fragments are the only forms I trust.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Our becoming is done. Our becoming is done.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Food ... is the topmost taper on the golden candelabrum of existence. Food ... is the topmost taper on the golden candelabrum of existence.
Donald Barthelme quotes: never figured out what sort of animal I was never figured out what sort of animal I was
Donald Barthelme quotes: Nothing like a suck of the breast. Nothing like a suck of the breast.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Let me point out, if it has escaped your notice, that what an artist does, is fail. Let me point out, if it has escaped your notice, that what an artist does, is fail.
Donald Barthelme quotes: The present goal of the individual in group enterprises is to avoid dominance; leadership is felt to be a character disorder. The present goal of the individual
in group enterprises is to avoid dominance; leadership is felt to be a character disorder.
Donald Barthelme quotes: The trouble with capturing one is that that original gesture is almost impossible to equal or improve upon. The trouble with capturing one is that that original gesture is almost impossible to equal or improve upon.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Is death that which gives meaning to life? And I said, no, life is that which gives meaning to life. Is death that which gives meaning to life? And I said, no, life is that which gives meaning to life.
Donald Barthelme quotes: The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart. The aim of literature ... is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart.
Donald Barthelme quotes: The best way to live is by not knowing what will happen to you at the end of the day ... The best way to live is by not knowing what will happen to you at the end of the day ...
Donald Barthelme quotes: The task is not so much to solve problems as to propose questions. The task is not so much to solve problems as to propose questions.
Donald Barthelme quotes: There was no particular point at which I stopped being promising. There was no particular point at which I stopped being promising.
Donald Barthelme quotes: The writer is one who, emnbarking upon a task, does not know what to do. The writer is one who, emnbarking upon a task, does not know what to do.
Donald Barthelme quotes: The writer is [ ... ] the work's way of getting itself written The writer is [ ... ] the work's way of getting itself written
Donald Barthelme quotes: The death of God left the angels in a strange position. The death of God left the angels in a strange position.
Donald Barthelme quotes: See the moon? It hates us. See the moon? It hates us.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Well, what shall I do next? What is the next thing demanded of me by history? Well, what shall I do next? What is the next thing demanded of me by history?
Donald Barthelme quotes: I spoke to Sylvia. Do you think this is a good life? I spoke to Sylvia. Do you think this is a good life?
Donald Barthelme quotes: I think writers like old cities and are made very nervous by new cities. I think writers like old cities and are made very nervous by new cities.
Donald Barthelme quotes: A hundred canes shattered in the sun, like a load of antihistamines falling out of an airplane. A hundred canes shattered in the sun, like a load of antihistamines falling out of an airplane.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Strings of language extend in every direction to bind the world into a rushing, ribald whole. Strings of language extend in every direction to bind the world into a rushing, ribald whole.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Anathematization of the world is not an adequate response to the world. Anathematization of the world is not an adequate response to the world.
Donald Barthelme quotes: The daughters are tired of kissing each other, although some are not. The daughters are tired of kissing each other, although some are not.
Donald Barthelme quotes: We regarded each other sitting around the breakfast table with its big cardboard boxes of "Fear," "Chix," and "Rats. We regarded each other sitting around the breakfast table with its big cardboard boxes of "Fear," "Chix," and "Rats.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Maybe writing can't be taught, but editing can be taught - prayer, fasting and self-mutilation. Maybe writing can't be taught, but editing can be taught - prayer, fasting and self-mutilation.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art. Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Of course we did everything right, insofar as we were able to imagine what "right" was. Of course we did everything right, insofar as we were able to imagine what "right" was.
Donald Barthelme quotes: [picket sign] COGITO ERGO NOTHING! ... [casual passerby:] "Cogito ergo your ass" ... [picket sign] COGITO ERGO NOTHING! ... [casual passerby:] "Cogito ergo your ass" ...
Donald Barthelme quotes: The important thing is the educational experience itself - how to survive it. The important thing is the educational experience itself - how to survive it.
Donald Barthelme quotes: And I sat there getting drunker and drunker and more in love and more in love. And I sat there getting drunker and drunker and more in love and more in love.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Can the life of the time be caught in an advertisement? Is that how it is, really, in the meadows of the world? Can the life of the time be caught in an advertisement? Is that how it is, really, in the meadows of the world?
Donald Barthelme quotes: No man's plenum, Mr. Quistgaard, is impervious to the awl of God's will. No man's plenum, Mr. Quistgaard, is impervious to the awl of God's will.
Donald Barthelme quotes: The center will not hold if it has been spot-welded by an operator whose deepest concern is not with the weld but with his lottery ticket. The center will not hold if it has been spot-welded by an operator whose deepest concern is not with the weld but with his lottery ticket.
Donald Barthelme quotes: It is a curiosity of writing about angels that, very often, one turns out to be writing about men. It is a curiosity of writing about angels that, very often, one turns out to be writing about men.
Donald Barthelme quotes: You may not be interested in absurdity," she said firmly, "but absurdity is interested in you. You may not be interested in absurdity," she said firmly, "but absurdity is interested in you.
Donald Barthelme quotes: And eloquence, Henry Mackie says, is really all any of us can hope for. And eloquence, Henry Mackie says, is really all any of us can hope for.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Best not to anticipate too much ... it jiggles the possibilities. Best not to anticipate too much ... it jiggles the possibilities.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Write about what you're afraid of. Write about what you're afraid of.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Any genuine work of art generates new work. Any genuine work of art generates new work.
Donald Barthelme quotes: It seemed to proclaim itself a mystery, but one there was no point in solving - an ongoing low-grade mystery. It seemed to proclaim itself a mystery, but one there was no point in solving - an ongoing low-grade mystery.
Donald Barthelme quotes: This muck heaves and palpitates. It is multi-directional and has a mayor. This muck heaves and palpitates. It is multi-directional and has a mayor.
Donald Barthelme quotes: You get Kandinsky, a bad mother, all them pick-up-sticks pictures ... You get Kandinsky, a bad mother, all them pick-up-sticks pictures ...
Donald Barthelme quotes: Take me home," Snow White said. "Take me home instantly. If there is anything worse than being home, it is being out. Take me home," Snow White said. "Take me home instantly. If there is anything worse than being home, it is being out.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Truth, as Bergson knew, is a hard apple, whether one is throwing it or catching it. Truth, as Bergson knew, is a hard apple, whether one is throwing it or catching it.
Donald Barthelme quotes: How can you be alienated without first having been connected? How can you be alienated without first having been connected?
Donald Barthelme quotes: Art is a meditation upon external reality rather than a representation of external reality Art is a meditation upon external reality rather than a representation of external reality
Donald Barthelme quotes: Three rebellions ago, the air was fresher. The soft pasting noises of the rebel billposters remind us of Oklahoma, where everything is still the same. Three rebellions ago, the air was fresher. The soft pasting noises of the rebel billposters remind us of Oklahoma, where everything is still the same.
Donald Barthelme quotes: How can he be killed most easily? With the fewest stains? How can he be killed most easily? With the fewest stains?
Donald Barthelme quotes: Have you noticed the weather? asked Thomas. All turned to look for the weather. Have you noticed the weather? asked Thomas. All turned to look for the weather.
Donald Barthelme quotes: MTV has severely compromised surrealism, perhaps ruined it forever. MTV has severely compromised surrealism, perhaps ruined it forever.
Donald Barthelme quotes: Well chaps first I'd like to say a few vile things more or less at random, not only because it is expected of me but also because I enjoy it. Well chaps first I'd like to say a few vile things more or less at random, not only because it is expected of me but also because I enjoy it.
Donald Barthelme quotes: The confusing signals, the impurity of the signal, gives you verisimilitude, as when you attend a funeral and notice that it's being poorly done. The confusing signals, the impurity of the signal, gives you verisimilitude, as when you attend a funeral and notice that it's being poorly done.

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