Arthur David Beaty Professions : WriterBorn : March 28, 1919Died : December 4, 1999 Browse All Authors Quotes From Arthur David Beaty Every novel is an attempt to capture time, to weave something solid out of air. The author knows it is an impossible task - that is why he keeps on trying. Arthur David Beaty airwritingtrying The air is the most mysterious, the most exciting, the most challenging of all the elements. We leave the planet, we leave the sea, we leave the earth. The air is no longer of this world . Arthur David Beaty challengesairsea Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writerAll Authors