Authors
Topics
Lists
Pictures
Resources
More about Joseph Epstein
Joseph Epstein -
Writing
Quotes
4 Sourced Quotes
View all Joseph Epstein Quotes
Source
Report...
A form [of writing] that's like a pair of baggy pants into which nearly anyone and anything can fit.
Joseph Epstein
Source
Report...
American writing is not noted for cynicism; our country is founded on optimism. In a way, it won't quite do to be an American cynic.
Joseph Epstein
Source
Report...
I don't have fixed opinions or views when I start to write; it's writing that forces them out of me.
Joseph Epstein
Source
Report...
The essay seems to be thriving at the moment. This may just be because there are a number of people right now who are fairly good at writing this strange form. Then again, it may have something to do with the fact that fiction is losing some of its prestige, which is not something that pleases me.
Joseph Epstein
Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
Cole Porter
Joseph Epstein
Born:
October 16, 1911
Died:
April 11, 1944
(aged 32)
More about Joseph Epstein...
Featured Authors
Lists
Predictions that didn't happen
If it's on the Internet it must be true
Remarkable Last Words (or Near-Last Words)
Picture Quotes
Confucius
Philip James Bailey
Eleanor Roosevelt
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Popular Topics
life
love
nature
time
god
power
human
mind
work
art
heart
thought
men
day
×
Lib Quotes
