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Harry Mathews quotes: I think situations are more important than plot and character.

I think situations are more important than plot and character.

Harry Mathews quotes: When Niki and I moved to Paris, there was also the challenge of Paris, an extremely daunting city.

When Niki and I moved to Paris, there was also the challenge of Paris, an extremely daunting city.

Harry Mathews quotes: There are many things I've written that I didn't really understand until a long time later.

There are many things I've written that I didn't really understand until a long time later.

Harry Mathews quotes: Write about the things that attract you. Choose your subjects the way you used to choose your toys: out of desire.

Write about the things that attract you. Choose your subjects the way you used to choose your toys: out of desire.

Harry Mathews quotes: My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I'm not kidding.

My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I'm not kidding.

Harry Mathews quotes: What I said about John was that he liberated me from my anxieties about writing in a correct, acceptable way.

What I said about John was that he liberated me from my anxieties about writing in a correct, acceptable way.

Harry Mathews quotes: Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited.

Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited.

Harry Mathews quotes: Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.

Music had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.

Harry Mathews quotes: And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didn't.

And I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didn't.

Harry Mathews quotes: I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches.

I'd been brought up on the Upper East Side in a WASP society, which was death on crutches.

Harry Mathews quotes: I graduated in 1952 and went to Europe, with Niki and our first child Laura, who was then a year old.

I graduated in 1952 and went to Europe, with Niki and our first child Laura, who was then a year old.

Harry Mathews quotes: I love teaching.

I love teaching.

Harry Mathews quotes: My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done.

My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done.

Harry Mathews quotes: My Life in CIA is the first time that I've ever written a story in my own name.

My Life in CIA is the first time that I've ever written a story in my own name.

Harry Mathews quotes: I left Princeton, but I graduated Harvard, in 1952.

I left Princeton, but I graduated Harvard, in 1952.

Harry Mathews quotes: And then, when I left Princeton in the middle of my sophomore year, I went into the navy.

And then, when I left Princeton in the middle of my sophomore year, I went into the navy.

Harry Mathews quotes: You make something. You give up expressing and start inventing.

You make something. You give up expressing and start inventing.

Harry Mathews quotes: She was disgusted with herself...and the disgust permanently cured her of suicide. Her piddling life did not deserve dramatic remedies.

She was disgusted with herself...and the disgust permanently cured her of suicide. Her piddling life did not deserve dramatic remedies.