It’s not the word made flesh we want in writing, in poetry and fiction, but the flesh made word

- William H. Gass

So if hunger provokes wailing and wailing brings the breast; if the breast permits sucking and milk suggests its swallow; if swallowing issues in sle…

- William H. Gass

Of course there is enough to stir our wonder anywhere; there's enough to love, anywhere, if one is strong enough, if one is diligent enough, if one i…

- William H. Gass

What else is soul but a listener?

- William H. Gass

The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.

- William H. Gass

Words are the supreme objects. They are minded things.

- William H. Gass

Sports, politics, and religion are the three passions of the badly educated.

- William H. Gass

it is discouraging to leave the past behind only to see it coming toward you like the thunderstorm which drenched you yesterday.

- William H. Gass

Fiction becomes visual by becoming verbal

- William H. Gass