William Maxwell Quotes (9 Quotes)

My wife has to tell me I haven't said anything all day. I've stopped talking, and I'm totally unaware of it.

Perhaps a body of work isn't necessary for a short story writer. If you do one story that survives in an anthology, that's enough.

My interest in literature hasn't decreased. It just gets more passionate, actually.

The view after 70 is breathtaking. What is lacking is someone, anyone, of the older generation to whom you can turn when you want to satisfy your curiosity about some detail of the landscape of the past. There is no longer any older generation. You have become it, while your mind was mostly on other matters.

No directions came with this idea.

If you turn the imagination loose like a hunting dog, it will often return with the bird in its mouth.

Happiness is the light on the water. The water is cold and dark and deep.

Wilkinson acknowledges, ''but I mostly side-stepped them. Still, in any relationship, including marriage, issues arise when the balance changes drastically or great success is achieved suddenly. It's only natural. You're both moving toward the same point, and some accommodation must be made. In my case, I grew out of being Bill's son to being something like a friend and colleague.

They're not making as much money on trading, and that's just consistently across the board.