All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read… — Quoted

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“All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science.”

Leslie Fiedler · Art

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My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time.

Truth

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Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly, he answered the question with what the student had really wanted to know.

Teacher

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I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.

Cool

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Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical.

Funny