Walter Slezak Quote

Biographies usually begin with the smack on the bottom and the first lusty cry of the subject. I deplore this literary custom, because it is impossible to remember anything about one's birth firsthand. It is bound to be hearsay, and embellished, gilded hearsay at that.

Ch. 1, p. 1 - What Time's the Next Swan? (1962)

Biographies usually begin with the smack on the bottom and the first lusty cry of the subject. I deplore this literary custom, because it is...

Biographies usually begin with the smack on the bottom and the first lusty cry of the subject. I deplore this literary custom, because it is...

Biographies usually begin with the smack on the bottom and the first lusty cry of the subject. I deplore this literary custom, because it is...

Biographies usually begin with the smack on the bottom and the first lusty cry of the subject. I deplore this literary custom, because it is...