"I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake." ― Leslie Fiedler Topic(s): Good More From Leslie Fiedler "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." "It’s funny to be a critic." "All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn’t read it the way you read history or science." More In Good "A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never."― Henry Ward Beecher "It takes a great man to be a good listener."― Calvin Coolidge "The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil."― Hannah Arendt