Stanley Elkin
Stanley Elkin
Stanley Lawrence Elkin was an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist. His extravagant, satirical fiction revolves around American consumerism, popular culture, and male-female relationships...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 May 1930
CountryUnited States of America
management fine diamond
It's fine, precise, detailed work, the infinitely small motor management of diamond cutters and safecrackers that we do in our heads.
crafts
The furthest out is the only place to be.
terrified
I've always been terrified of dying, always. It was a concern of mine long before it had to be.
bottom die fact ought
The fact that we die is one of the more interesting things that happen to us. Fiction ought to be about bottom lines, and that's as bottom-line as you can get.