“In our imaginations the adults of our childhood remain extreme, essential - we might say radical since they are the roots that fed luxuriant later systems. Those first bohemians, for instance, stay operatic in memory even though were we to meet them today - well, what would we think, we who've elaborated our eccentricities with a patience, a professionalism they never knew?” ThinkingFirstsWellsMightTodayImaginationMemoriesChildhoodEssentialsAdultsRootsOur ChildrenExtremesInstanceRadicalFedsProfessionalismEccentricity Author:Edmund White
“At certain crucial moments - an emergency or an opportunity - one must act first and think later.” ThinkingFirstsMomentsCertainOpportunityCrucialEmergenciesCrucial Moments Book:A Boy's Own Story: Picador Classic Source: A Boy's Own Story: Picador Classic
“I think that there are empty ecological niches in the literary landscape crying to be filled and when a book more or less fills a niche it's seized on, even when it's a far from perfect fit...” ThinkingBookPoetryLiteraturePerfectCryFitEmptyFilledLandscapeNicheEcologicalPerfect Fit Author:Edmund White
“I think sincerity was my sole aesthetic and realism my experimental technique.” ThinkingTechniqueSincerityAestheticSoleRealism Author:Edmund White
“In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.” ThinkingMenBookBoysCasesNovelTeacherNeededGayAdultsExperienceEnjoyedEtcComing OutBetrayCreepy Author:Edmund White
