United States, Novelist April 24, 1915 – August, 30, 1983.
Charles William Goyen was an American novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet, editor, and teacher. Born in a small town in East Texas, these roots would influence his work for his entire life.
Maybe solitude is best had in the midst of multitudes.
There’s nothing better than an elegant cry of despair.
For me, environment is all. Place — as I was saying about my students — is absolutely essential.
It’s amazing how quickly something gets written. Now, when it comes, it can be on a bus, or in a store. I’ve stopped in Macy’s and written on a dry-goods counter and then suddenly had a whole piece of writing for myself that was accomplished, where earlier in my life I felt I had to spend a week in a house somewhere in the country in order to get that. Conditions change.
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