I know by now that I don’t care to be an accepted habitué o… - Hortense Calisher

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I know by now that I don’t care to be an accepted habitué of any one world. That’s part of being a writer too. Wanting out. From the role-playing. Except on the page.

Hortense Calisher

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Hortense Calisher (December 20, 1911 – January 13, 2009) was an American novelist.

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Pen Names: Jack Fenno

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I don’t want the critic head taking over, as it quickly can. But it can be instructive. I discover what I think about literature. And critique by other writers is the best literary talk.

As for complication—or complexity—it excites me.

I don’t think artists can compete—except as to money and prizes, and, of course, status. Which may be temporary. But not on the page. Or the canvas or the stone. Or the musical score. All you can hope to be is worthy of the company you respect.

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