Edward Abbey
Edward Abbey
Edward Paul Abbeywas an American author and essayist noted for his advocacy of environmental issues, criticism of public land policies, and anarchist political views. His best-known works include the novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, which has been cited as an inspiration by radical environmental groups, and the non-fiction work Desert Solitaire...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth29 January 1927
CountryUnited States of America
dream agony feet
We know this apodictic rock beneath our feet. That dogmatic sun above our heads. The world of dreams, the agony of love and the foresight of death. That is all we know. And all we need to know? Challenge that statement.
evil easy
How can I be so evil? It ain't easy.
many-friends loses
Nobody has so many friends that he can afford to lose one.
life-is shame fear-of-death
The great question of life is not the question of death but the question of life. Fear of death shames us all.
art numbers littles
Henry James was our master of periphrasis -- the fine art of saying as little as possible in the greatest number of words.
simple facts kind
There is a kind of poetry in simple fact.
college london mark
The best American writers have come from the hinterlands -- Mark Twain, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wolfe, Steinbeck. Most of them never even went to college.
artist technique truth-is
The writer concerned more with technique than truth becomes a technician, not an artist.
rewards serious want
All serious writers want the obvious rewards: fame, money, women, love -- and most of all, an audience!
artist decline trajectory
There is no trajectory so pathetic as that of an artist in decline.
done second-best should
When the writer has done his best, he then should proceed to do his second best.
growing-up careers grows
Susan Sontag: What she really wanted, throughout her career, was to grow up to be a Frenchman.
book writing years
How long does it take to write a good book? All of the years that you've lived.
book facts written
My own best books have not been published. In fact, they've not even been written yet.