We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what you will. Why? Becauwse we really don't lov what we are doing. If you loved to sing, or to paint, or to write poems - if you really loved it - you would not be concerned with whether you are famous or not. ... Our present education is rotten because it teaches us to love Nothing is allowed to die in a society of storytelling people.
I think all of us are looking for that which does not admit of bullshit . . . If you tell me you can bench press 450, hell, we'll load up the bar and… - Harry Crews
I think all of us are looking for that which does not admit of bullshit . . . If you tell me you can bench press 450, hell, we'll load up the bar and…
- Harry Crews
Hell came right along with God, hand in hand. The stink of sulfur swirled in the air of the church, fire burned in the aisles, and brimstone rained o… - Harry Crews
Hell came right along with God, hand in hand. The stink of sulfur swirled in the air of the church, fire burned in the aisles, and brimstone rained o…
If you're gonna write, for God in heaven's sake, try to get naked. Try to write the truth. Try to get underneath all the sham, all the excuses, all t… - Harry Crews
If you're gonna write, for God in heaven's sake, try to get naked. Try to write the truth. Try to get underneath all the sham, all the excuses, all t…
I first became fascinated with the Sears catalogue because all the people in its pages were perfect. Nearly everybody I knew had something missing, a… - Harry Crews
I first became fascinated with the Sears catalogue because all the people in its pages were perfect. Nearly everybody I knew had something missing, a…
Men to whom God is dead worship one another. - Harry Crews
Men to whom God is dead worship one another.
What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living. - Harry Crews
What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living.
Alcohol whipped me. Alcohol and I had many, many marvelous times together. We laughed, we talked, we danced at the party together; then one day I wok… - Harry Crews
Alcohol whipped me. Alcohol and I had many, many marvelous times together. We laughed, we talked, we danced at the party together; then one day I wok…
Writers spend all their time preoccupied with just the things that their fellow men and women spend their time trying to avoid thinking about. ... It… - Harry Crews
Writers spend all their time preoccupied with just the things that their fellow men and women spend their time trying to avoid thinking about. ... It…
There ought to be a law against the sun rising and setting for you in somebody else. - Harry Crews
There ought to be a law against the sun rising and setting for you in somebody else.
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