#fine-arts

#fine-arts

“Isn’t it a miracle that we’ve ended up as ourselves?” —Hilton Als https://t.co/uDat4Phdyb

“I didn’t see myself, I didn’t exist.” —Hilton Als https://t.co/uDat4Phdyb

“For years, there were opportunities that I didn’t fully accept because I didn’t know how, but there were people saying, You can do it.” —Hilton Als https://t.co/uDat4Phdyb

“The history of literature is ­accounts of consciousness that wouldn’t hold up in a court of law but do hold up on the page and in our hearts and minds.” —Hilton Als https://t.co/uDat4Phdyb

“Whether it’s a play, a story, or an essay, I feel fortunate to be able to speak in these different ways.” —Hilton Als https://t.co/uDat4Phdyb

“Writing about art is also a way of paying a debt to those great professors who thought I had talent.” —Hilton Als https://t.co/uDat4Phdyb

“I’m so compelled by fiction, too, because it pushes me much more quickly and readily than nonfiction to construct work that’s entirely voice, and not in marriage to another person’s story or voice.” —Hilton Als https://t.co/uDat4Phdyb

“Hemingway described literary New York as a bottle full of tapeworms trying to feed on each other.” —John Updike https://t.co/VZAp3R1iQm