Henry James
Henry James
Henry James, OM15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-born writer. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 April 1843
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
alive tradition
A tradition is kept alive only by something being added to it.
writing people trying
If I should certainly say to a novice, 'Write from experience and experience only,' I should feel that this was rather a tantalizing monition if I were not careful immediately to add, 'Try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost.'
freedom eye people
People can be in general pretty well trusted, of course--with the clock of their freedom ticking as loud as it seems to do here--to keep an eye on the fleeting hour.
havens ifs
If you haven't had your life what have you had?
long matter ambassadors
It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life.
experience tissues spiders
Experience is never limited, and it is never complete
writing character novel
What is either a picture or a novel that is not character?
writing thinking evil
Make him [the reader] think the evil, make him think it for himself, and you are released from weak specifications.
sarcastic grease sausage
He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
country tombstone sea
Novelist-Citizen of Two Countries Interpreter of his Generation on both Sides of the Sea.
crafts easy premium
That accurst autobiographic form which puts a premium on the loose, the improvised, the cheap, and the easy.
judging people criticism
Of course you're always at liberty to judge the critic. Judge people as critics, however, and you'll condemn them all!
culture dine
Women never dine alone. When they dine alone they don't dine.
facts futility
The fatal futility of Fact.