“If evolution and the survival of the fittest be true at all, the destruction of prey and of human rivals must have been among the most important. . . . It is just because human bloodthirstiness is such a primitive part of us that it is so hard to eradicate, especially when a fight or a hunt is promised as part of the fun.” IfsHumansHas BeensImportantHardFightingFunEvolutionSurvivalDestructionBeing TruePrimitiveHuntsPreyRivalsSurvival Of The Fittest Book:The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 2 Source: The Principles of Psychology, Vol. 2
“I try to write things that can't be made into movies. My novels have thwarted many attempts to film them and I think that was true of the essay, too. If you'd actually tried to be true to the essay, it would have been, perhaps, boring. So taking that narrow little cast of characters and expanding it out, that was what was exciting about the project for me.” IfsThinkingWritingTryingLittlesHas BeensMadeCharacterFilmNovelProjectsExcitingCastsBoringBeing TrueEssaysExpanding Author:Jonathan Franzen
“Hemingway always used to bawl me out for including so much topical stuff. He always claimed that was a great mistake, that in fifty years nobody would understand. He may have been right; it's getting to be true.” YearsMayHas BeensUsedStuffMistakeIncludingBeing TrueFiftyGreat Mistakes Author:John Dos Passos