How real is any of the past, being every moment revalued to make the present possible. William Gaddis More Quotes by William Gaddis More Quotes From William Gaddis What’s any artist, but the dregs of his work? William Gaddis shambles dregs artist I mean why should somebody go steal and break the law to get all they can when there's always some law where you can be legal and get it all anyway! William Gaddis stealing law mean Why do you treat me as they do, as though I were exactly what I want to be. Why do we treat people that way? William Gaddis want people way He was the only person caught in the collapse, and afterward, most of his work was recovered too, and it is still spoken of, when it is noted, with high regard, though seldom played. William Gaddis high person only work What is it they want from the man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left when he's done with his work, what's any artist but the dregs of his work, the human shambles that follows it around? William Gaddis man done artist work