Larry Levis famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.
I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.
The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite. Without this, it is impossible to accumulate, within the allotted span, enough experience of eating to have anything worth setting down.
Vision, the hallmark of leadership, is less a derivative of spreadsheets and more a product of the mind called imagination.
The learned ignore the evidence of their senses to preserve the coherence of the ideas of their imagination.
My favorite action movie growing up was 'Supergirl.' It wasn't good by any stretch of the imagination, but it was my favorite because I wanted to be her. I have a Supergirl tattoo.
I was a wild, mischievous kid, and I had tremendous imagination. Any experience I had, I'd try to reenact it.
Aggressive Christianity is the world's greatest need.
Keeping up appearances is the most expensive thing in the world.

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