David Wallace
David Wallace
A brilliant but troubled author, he is best known for Infinite Jest (1996) and other philosophically complex novels. He committed suicide at the age of forty-six.
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth21 February 1962
CityIthaca, NY
audiences believe
We believe we're going to have big audiences.
land water land-and-water
Land and water are not really separate things, but they are separate words, and we perceive through words.
beer fire may
Fermentation may have been a better invention than fire.
building people roots shock
This was a shock to everyone. The building has been here for 35 years; people have roots here.
civilization mind needs
Civilization no longer needs to open up wilderness; it needs wilderness to help open up the still largely unexplored human mind.