Isaac Bashevis Singer Quote

When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's most important. It becomes a kind of idolatry.


Isaac Bashevis Singer Talks... About Everything, interview with Richard Burgin in the New York Times Magazine [November 26, 1978]


When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's most important. It...

When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's most important. It...

When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's most important. It...

When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what's most important. It...