Syntax and vocabulary are overwhelming constraints --the rules that run us. Language is using us to talk --we think we're using the language, but language is doing the thinking, we're its slavish agents.
Harry MathewsIt’s true, I had an extremely delicious life, but that was my life at home, and perhaps because I was only a child, or for whatever reasons, I found the company of others, especially other boys, quite terrifying and upsetting.
Harry MathewsMusic had been my first love among the arts, and I was fascinated by it, as I still am.
Harry MathewsAnd I finished college because I thought how much it would upset my parents if I didnt.
Harry Mathews