William Styron Quote

I discovered that I had, in the past two decades, written a far greater amount in the essay form than I remembered. Certainly I have written enough of it to demonstrate that I harbor no disdain for literary journalism or just plain journalism, under whose sponsorship I have been able to express much that has fascinated me, or alarmed me, or amused me, or otherwise engaged my attention when I was not writing a book.


"A note to the reader" - This Quiet Dust and Other Writings (1982).


I discovered that I had, in the past two decades, written a far greater amount in the essay form than I remembered. Certainly I have written enough...

I discovered that I had, in the past two decades, written a far greater amount in the essay form than I remembered. Certainly I have written enough...

I discovered that I had, in the past two decades, written a far greater amount in the essay form than I remembered. Certainly I have written enough...

I discovered that I had, in the past two decades, written a far greater amount in the essay form than I remembered. Certainly I have written enough...