Henry Miller
Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Millerwas an American writer. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms, developing a new sort of semi-autobiographical novel that blended character study, social criticism, philosophical reflection, explicit language, sex, surrealist free association and mysticism. His most characteristic works of this kind are Tropic of Cancer, Black Spring, Tropic of Capricornand The Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, all of which are based on his experiences in New York and Paris, and all of which were banned in the United...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAutobiographer
Date of Birth26 December 1891
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs.
Even if it doesn't work, there is something healthy and invigorating about direct action
In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor.
I have made a silent compact with myself not to change a line of what I write. I am not interested in perfecting my thoughts, nor my actions.
Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery.
All growth is a leap in the dark, a spontaneous, unpremeditated act without benefit of experience.
It isn't the oceans which cut us off from the world -- it's the American way of looking at things.
My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the reckless man, the lusty, obscene, boisterous, scrupulous, lying, diabolically truthful man that I am.
Who wants to live to be a hundred? What's the point of it? A short life and a merry one is far better than a long life sustained by fear, caution and perpetual medical surveillance
If I am against the condition of the world, it is not because I am a moralist - it is because I want to laugh more.
The only thing we never get enough of is love; and the only thing we never give enough of is love.
I don't have a problem driving 60 minutes round trip to bring my child to school. It's not a racial thing. It's a quality education thing.
He lives to express himself, and in so doing, enriches the world.
The prisoner is not the one who has committed a crime, but the one who clings to his crime and lives it over and over.