"Words are the supreme objects. They are minded things."

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Source : William H. Gass, Theodore G. Ammon (2003). “Conversations with William H. Gass”, p.28, Univ. Press of Mississippi

William H. Gass

“I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once. I am happy being here and all the things that are a risk I normally avoid.”
“We saw a fair bit of video on them towards the back end of the week and we were licking our lips.”
“It's not a morbid thing, but I think I've never been afraid of death, which is maybe why I love writing about it.”

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“Squeeze 7cc's so I could see the seven seas, And CC all my friends so they could see what I was seeing... But what they saw was a despicable human being; So, I guess they just wasn't seeing what I was seeing.”
“...That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.”
“I donâ€™t know what the future of my career holds, but I know that whatever is over the horizon, the road Iâ€™ve traveled to get here is like those Interstates in Texas: everything can look the same, and it can feel like youâ€™re not going anywhere, until you suddenly get where youâ€™re going and realize that youâ€™ve been traveling for a long time.”
“Scholars look for final truths they will never find. Creative writers concern themselves with possibilities that are always there to the receptive.”
“Which death is preferably to every other? 'The unexpected'.”

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