Mavis Gallant Quote

I don't think I've ever written anything that isn't funny for me. And everything in life has the element of farce. Those fits of hysteria you get at funerals, the laughter, for example, they're very hard to control.


New York Times (July 1985)


I don't think I've ever written anything that isn't funny for me. And everything in life has the element of farce. Those fits of hysteria you get at...

I don't think I've ever written anything that isn't funny for me. And everything in life has the element of farce. Those fits of hysteria you get at...

I don't think I've ever written anything that isn't funny for me. And everything in life has the element of farce. Those fits of hysteria you get at...

I don't think I've ever written anything that isn't funny for me. And everything in life has the element of farce. Those fits of hysteria you get at...