Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in my work. There is only one psychological assertion that I would insist upon. That is: the SELF takes precedence.


The Paris Review, The Art of Fiction No. 61, Issue 66, Summer 1976

Stanley Elkin Quotes

Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in my work. There ...

Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in my work. There ...

Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in my work. There ...

Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in my work. There ...