It’s amazing how quickly something gets written. Now, when it comes, it can be on a bus, or in a store. I’ve stopped in Macy’s and written on a dry-g…

- William Goyen

There’s nothing better than an elegant cry of despair.

- William Goyen

For me, environment is all. Place — as I was saying about my students — is absolutely essential.

- William Goyen

Maybe solitude is best had in the midst of multitudes.

- William Goyen