William Gaddis Quote

What is it they want from a man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left of him when he's done his work? What's any artist but the dregs of his work? the human shambles that follows it around.

The Recognitions (1955)

What is it they want from a man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left of him when he's done his work? What's...

What is it they want from a man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left of him when he's done his work? What's...

What is it they want from a man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left of him when he's done his work? What's...

What is it they want from a man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left of him when he's done his work? What's...