“The difference of human being behind the guy on the page is in writing, I'm no longer conscious of personal repercussions because for that moment they don't exist. At times, I tell myself, Well, I can always go back and change that or take it out, and I find out that I rarely do. Couple little things here and there: Do unto others. Be a good scout. With all the ironies that entails, I go by that. That's a good way to live.” WritingMomentsGuyCoupleConsciousIronyLittle Things Author:Nick Tosches
“Steiner has here transformed the vaporous conceptions of his life, the vapors of what never was and never will be, from their aeriform state to a fine and ethereal substantiality. My Unwritten Books is a gathering of shades, an elegant and eloquent gathering of mind, feeling, and autumnal passion. (...) And that is the lovely irony of this unique little book. None of these unwritten books should have been written. They are better here, as they are, untamed and errant phantoms of a brilliance whose emanations no one mortal lifetime could ever accommodate in full.” ShouldMindLittlesHas BeensBookStatesFeelingsPassionWrittenFineUniqueShould HaveLifetimeLovelyMortalsIronyConceptionShadeTransformedGatheringElegantBrillianceShould Have BeenPhantomsEloquentAccommodateUnwrittenEtherealVaporUntamed Author:Nick Tosches