"I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis."
― Leslie Fiedler
Topic(s):
History
More From Leslie Fiedler
- "I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake."
- "When I was 12 years old, someone took me to see Martha Graham. It was nothing like what I thought of as serious dancing and even then I knew I was having a great experience. It was as if somebody was moving through space like no one ever did before."
- "Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can’t identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn’t yet historical."
More In History
- "I like to go back over history and check out what people have written and whether I agree with it or not."― Harvey Pekar
- "An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome."― William Manchester
- "Time will inevitably uncover dishonesty and lies; history has no place for them."― Norodom Sihanouk