I really do like to write and when I'm not, I think, "Okay, I'll be a good citizen now" but fact is, that's secondary.
Phillip LopateThe essay is a wonderful medium. I might mention that some writers who longed to be novelists were better as essayists: Sontag, Baldwin, Vidal, Mary McCarthy, Mailer.
Phillip LopateWhy am I attracted to all these lying quotes all of a sudden? Hereโs another one. This one by Phillip Lopate: โ(Children know it better than adults) that in telling a lie, fidelity is everything.โ
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