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John Barth Quotes By Lance Olsen: For Guy Davenport--whom he told me John Barth

For Guy Davenport--whom he told me John Barth once called the last modernist--modernism is 'a renaissance of the archaic'. — Lance Olsen

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: There is no way to master the fact

There is no way to master the fact with which I live. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: All men are loyal, but their objects of

All men are loyal, but their objects of allegiance are at best approximate. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: History - an account, mostly false, of events,

History - an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: We don't know what drives and sustains us,

We don't know what drives and sustains us, only that we are most miserably driven and, imperfectly, sustained. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Drolls & dreamers that we are, we fancy

Drolls & dreamers that we are, we fancy that we can undo what we fancy we have done. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or

Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going back. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: I admire writers who can make complicated things

I admire writers who can make complicated things simple, but my own talent has been to make simple things complicated. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Every artist joins a conversation that's been going

Every artist joins a conversation that's been going on for generations, even millennia, before he or she joins the scene. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: The enemy you flee is not exterior to

The enemy you flee is not exterior to yourself — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: It's easier and sociabler to talk technique than

It's easier and sociabler to talk technique than it is to make art. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: It is often pleasant to stone a martyr,

It is often pleasant to stone a martyr, no matter how much we may admire him. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Nobody knew how to be what they were

Nobody knew how to be what they were right. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: The story of your life is not your

The story of your life is not your life; it's your story. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Too late she saw: what she'd favored him

Too late she saw: what she'd favored him with in jest he had received with adoration. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: And never mind that the lessons he meant

And never mind that the lessons he meant to be helpful, his students always make people miserable with, and flunk anybody that disagrees with them! — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: A man's most useful friend and fearsome foe

A man's most useful friend and fearsome foe is the poet. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Self knowledge is always bad news.

Self knowledge is always bad news. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: For whom is the funhouse fun? Perhaps for

For whom is the funhouse fun? Perhaps for lovers. For Ambrose it is a place of fear and confusion. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Let your repentance salt my shoe leather," I

Let your repentance salt my shoe leather," I said presently, "and then, as I lately sheathed my blade of anger, so sheath you my blade of love. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: The Bible is not man's word about God,

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything

Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it from outside the thing itself, by people. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: I have remarked elsewhere that I regard the

I have remarked elsewhere that I regard the Almighty as not a bad novelist, except that He is a realist. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: When you look at this mirror I hope

When you look at this mirror I hope you'll remember that there's always another way of seeing things: that's the beginning of wisdom. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: You're certain to get a decision in a

You're certain to get a decision in a trial. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: [Plot is] the gradual perturbation of an unstable

[Plot is] the gradual perturbation of an unstable homeostatic system and its catastrophic restoration to a new and complexified equilibrium. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Yet everyone begins in the same place; how

Yet everyone begins in the same place; how is it that most go along without difficulty but a few lose their way? — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Intellectual discussion, after all, is the real joy

Intellectual discussion, after all, is the real joy of the winter of life, when other pleasures have flown, as it were. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: This is an exciting time. A new chapter

This is an exciting time. A new chapter in our history. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Choosing is existence. To the extent that you

Choosing is existence. To the extent that you don't choose, you don't exist, — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: The horror of our history has purged me

The horror of our history has purged me of opinions. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Tis e'er the lot of the innocent in

Tis e'er the lot of the innocent in the world, to fly to the wolf for succor from the lion. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: His head always felt about to ache, but

His head always felt about to ache, but never began to. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Path's should be laid where people walk, instead

Path's should be laid where people walk, instead of walking where paths are laid- — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: It's not difficult to be encyclopedic in a

It's not difficult to be encyclopedic in a work of fiction; it's damned difficult to be encyclopedic, I suppose, in truth. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: If you would learn a thing, straightway declare

If you would learn a thing, straightway declare yourself a professor of it! — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: The first obligation of the writer is to

The first obligation of the writer is to be interesting. To be interesting; not to change the world. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Nothing is loathsomer than the self-loathing of a

Nothing is loathsomer than the self-loathing of a self one loathes. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Those rituals of getting ready to write produce

Those rituals of getting ready to write produce a kind of trance state. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: In art as in lovemaking, heartfelt ineptitude has

In art as in lovemaking, heartfelt ineptitude has its appeal and so does heartless skill, but what you want is passionate virtuosity. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Though life's tuition is always ruinous, inexorably we

Though life's tuition is always ruinous, inexorably we learn. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: More history is made by secret handshakes than

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Innocence is like youth,' he declared sadly, 'which

Innocence is like youth,' he declared sadly, 'which is given to us only to expend and takes its very meaning from its loss. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Others live for the lie of love; Echo

Others live for the lie of love; Echo lives for her lovely lies, loves for their livening. — John Barth

John Barth Quotes By John Barth: Not every boy thrown to the wolves becomes

Not every boy thrown to the wolves becomes a hero. — John Barth