Cliff Fadiman Quotes


"I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing."
- Cliff Fadiman
"Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep."
- Cliff Fadiman
(Related: Mind)

"There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves."
- Cliff Fadiman
(Related: Writers)

"When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before."
- Cliff Fadiman
"A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial."
- Cliff Fadiman
(Related: Forget, Memory)