John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.
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Type: Critic Born: July 23, 1912 |
“Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.”
“The satirist is prevented by repulsion from gaining a better knowledge of the world he is attracted to, yet he is forced by attraction to concern himself with the world that repels him.”