Being or nothing, that is the question. Ascending, descending, coming, going, a man does so much that in the end he disappears. Raymond Queneau More Quotes by Raymond Queneau More Quotes From Raymond Queneau One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey. Raymond Queneau odyssey iliad fiction When Ulysses hears his own story sung by an epic poet and then he reveals his identity and the poet wants to continue singing, Ulysses isn't interested any longer. That's very astonishing. Raymond Queneau singing epic identity The poet is never inspired, because he is the master of that which appears to others as inspiration. He does not wait for inspiration to fall out of the heavens like roasted ortolans. He knows how to hunt...He is never inspired because he is unceasingly inspired, because the powers of poetry are always at his disposition, subjected to his will, submissive to his own activity. Raymond Queneau inspiration waiting fall Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of an individual as having a general historical value, which is the Odyssey. Raymond Queneau historical-value character fiction It seems to me that an author who has determined very new domains in literature is Gertrude Stein. Raymond Queneau new who me literature After the magical act accomplished by Joyce with Ulysses, perhaps we are getting away from it. Raymond Queneau magical after act away
