Frederick Busch Professions : Writer Born : August 1, 1941 Died : February 23, 2006 Browse All Authors Top 46 quotes by Frederick Busch It's harder to get hold of the world. It's harder to understand the world, to encompass the literature necessary for the information. Frederick Busch information literature world The education of young people is narrowing. They cannot have the scope they used to have. They are being taught in high school by people earnest, still, but maybe less well-prepared than we would want them to be - but not because they are stupid or churlish. Frederick Busch stupid people school I don't think the world is particularly responsive to - our world, the culture we are in, to art right now. Frederick Busch our-world art thinking The importance to the world of what we scribblers write is in doubt, I would think. Frederick Busch doubt writing thinking I always want to read Gore Vidal's nonfiction. Because everything he writes is an essay and it's worth reading. Frederick Busch nonfiction reading writing You have to read history. You have to have a sense of history. Frederick Busch Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors