New York is large, glamorous, easy-going, kindly and incurious, but above all it is a crucible - because it is large enough to be incurious.
The instances of honesty that one comes across in this world are just as amazing as the instances of dishonesty. After forty-five years of mixing wit… - Ford Madox Ford
The instances of honesty that one comes across in this world are just as amazing as the instances of dishonesty. After forty-five years of mixing wit…
- Ford Madox Ford
The object of the novelist is to keep the reader entirely oblivious of the fact that the author exists - even of the fact he is reading a book. - Ford Madox Ford
The object of the novelist is to keep the reader entirely oblivious of the fact that the author exists - even of the fact he is reading a book.
But responsibility hardens the heart. It must. - Ford Madox Ford
But responsibility hardens the heart. It must.
The world is full of places to which I want to return - Ford Madox Ford
The world is full of places to which I want to return
For the judging of contemporary literature the only test is one's personal taste. If you much like a new book, you must call it literature even thoug… - Ford Madox Ford
For the judging of contemporary literature the only test is one's personal taste. If you much like a new book, you must call it literature even thoug…
There is no man who loves a woman that does not desire to come to her for the renewal of his courage, for the cutting asunder of his difficulties. An… - Ford Madox Ford
There is no man who loves a woman that does not desire to come to her for the renewal of his courage, for the cutting asunder of his difficulties. An…
Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst. - Ford Madox Ford
Only two classes of books are of universal appeal. The very best and the very worst.
If you're going to have a character appear in a story long enough to sell a newspaper, he'd better be real enough that you can smell his breath. - Ford Madox Ford
If you're going to have a character appear in a story long enough to sell a newspaper, he'd better be real enough that you can smell his breath.
What the artist wishes to do — as far as you are concerned — is to take you out of yourself. As far as he is concerned, he wishes to express himself. - Ford Madox Ford
What the artist wishes to do — as far as you are concerned — is to take you out of yourself. As far as he is concerned, he wishes to express himself.
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