Wilfrid Sheed
Wilfrid Sheed
Wilfrid John Joseph Sheedwas an English-born American novelist and essayist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 December 1930
knew respected women
as he was with all women he knew 'personally' . . . or respected even a little bit.
intelligent speak-english speak
If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.
maturity males exhausted
The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities.
doe too-late decadence
How does one make a movie about decadence these days? Now that we're allowed to do it, it's too late.
reading passion envy
It is possible that the malice of writers has been overrated (by myself among others). Reading their ruminations on their craft, one sees why this writer could not possibly like that one, would indeed consider him a menace. Literature is a battleground of conflicting faiths, and nobler passions than envy are involved.
short-life america unnecessary
Unnecessary customs live a brutally short life in America.
editors years people
Censors will try to censor a little bit more each year (because, like editors and other officious people, censors don't feel they are getting anywhere unless they are up and doing).
sunshine weather made
The actual Irish weather report is really a recording made in 1922, which no one has had occasion to change. "Scattered showers, periods of sunshine."
generations
Every writer is a writer of the generation before.
father land catholic
For Catholics before Vatican II, the land of the free was pre-eminently the land of Sister Says-except, of course, for Sister, for whom it was the land of Father Says.
spiritual simple sick
The spiritual life becomes very simple when you're sick.
reviews breach
Mushy reviews are a breach of faith
soul rest-of-your-life palaces
Saloons provide moments of genuine ecstasy - but only if your soul is at peace and the rest of your life bears contemplating. Otherwise, they are palaces of misery.
home wife office
As things now stand, the office is a slightly meaner battleground than the home. Male bosses seem to dominate their women underlings as they would never dominate their wives.