But it's hard to talk about art. Maybe there should be a law against it, some First Amendment gag order like crying fire in a crowded theater.
Stanley ElkinIt's fine, precise, detailed work, the infinitely small motor management of diamond cutters and safecrackers that we do in our heads.
Stanley ElkinLife's tallest order is to keep the feelings up, to make two dollars' worth of euphoria go the distance. And life can't do that. So fiction does.
Stanley Elkin