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Nelson Algren Quotes

1909–1981 United States

Nelson Algren (March 28, 1909 – May 9, 1981) was an American writer.

United States
Non-fiction authors
Novelists
Short story writers

Also known as: Algren, Nonconformity: Writing on Writing

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I've always felt strongly that a writer shouldn't be engaged with other writers, or with people who make books, or even with people who read them. I think the farther away you get from the literary traffic, the closer you are to sources.

The Art of Fiction No. 11 (1955)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Nelson Algren (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.