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Steven Heighton quotes: The idiot willingness to choose sides is what feeds the abattoir of history.

The idiot willingness to choose sides is what feeds the abattoir of history.

Steven Heighton quotes: The dreamtime of creative work is a turnstile to eternity. (from Workbok)

The dreamtime of creative work is a turnstile to eternity. (from Workbok)

Steven Heighton quotes: Love ... requires that you learn to read the lover in her own language, not translate her into yours.

Love ... requires that you learn to read the lover in her own language, not translate her into yours.

Steven Heighton quotes: I had a book of essays out in 1997 in which I talked about the increasing virtuality of our lives. I've always been afraid of that in my own life.

I had a book of essays out in 1997 in which I talked about the increasing virtuality of our lives. I've always been afraid of that in my own life.

Steven Heighton quotes: It's no sin to tell a good story.

It's no sin to tell a good story.

Steven Heighton quotes: Lyrical poets have to be in touch with visceral experience. I've always tried to avoid virtual experiences. That's emerging in my fiction.

Lyrical poets have to be in touch with visceral experience. I've always tried to avoid virtual experiences. That's emerging in my fiction.

Steven Heighton quotes: To listen to critics, pro or con, and take their words to heart is to subcontract your self-esteem to strangers. (from Workbook)

To listen to critics, pro or con, and take their words to heart is to subcontract your self-esteem to strangers. (from Workbook)

Steven Heighton quotes: It gets too easy to write from the point of view of a male character of my age, with the same cultural frame of reference.

It gets too easy to write from the point of view of a male character of my age, with the same cultural frame of reference.

Steven Heighton quotes: Cast a spell and the small flaws don't matter. (From Workbook)

Cast a spell and the small flaws don't matter. (From Workbook)

Steven Heighton quotes: ...the one small wisdom he has gained from his life is that, when flags start to wave, someone must always refuse to join in.

...the one small wisdom he has gained from his life is that, when flags start to wave, someone must always refuse to join in.

Steven Heighton quotes: I used to be more of a purist about literature. I thought, 'If it's a really propulsive story, then maybe there's something unliterary about it.'

I used to be more of a purist about literature. I thought, 'If it's a really propulsive story, then maybe there's something unliterary about it.'

Steven Heighton quotes: Let failure be your workshop. See it for what is is: the world walking you through a tough but necessary semester, free of tuition. (from Workbook)

Let failure be your workshop. See it for what is is: the world walking you through a tough but necessary semester, free of tuition. (from Workbook)

Steven Heighton quotes: Boredom is the laboratory where new enthusiasms prepare themselves,

Boredom is the laboratory where new enthusiasms prepare themselves,