“When you're at the basketball court watching a game, one person may be talking about a fight he had with his wife, another is talking about the last hard-on he got, someone else is talking about the presidential election. The language and the tone and the voice - I'd love to be able to capture that spontaneity.” MayPersonsHardAbleLastsFightingGamesLanguageVoiceTalkingWifeBasketballElectionCourtPresidentialToneCaptureSpontaneityPresidential ElectionBasketball Court Author:John Edgar Wideman
“There is no American history. There is no French history. There is no John Wideman. There are all these dreams that are floating around. People construct them and fight with them and criticize them, and the world goes on. I don't think the stars pay much attention.” PeopleThinkingWorldDreamFightingStarsPayAttentionGoes OnCriticizeAmerican HistoryConstructsFloating Author:John Edgar Wideman
“Our thoughts, our language, are always at a distance from whatever they're trying to describe. We're dreamers and - since we only have one life, and if we screw up we can get in a world of trouble - we're very intense dreamers. That's the beauty and the terror of being human beings: We just have these symbolic languages, these dreams, and that's all it ever is. There is no American or Frenchhistory. There are all these dreams that are floating around. People construct them and fight with them and criticize them, and the world goes on. I don't think the stars pay much attention.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingDreamFightingLanguageAttentionTroubleDistanceTerrorIntenseCriticizeDreamerBeing Human Author:John Edgar Wideman
