My mother could never understand why I didn't write a thriller, which I've finally done. Harry Mathews More Quotes by Harry Mathews More Quotes From Harry Mathews My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I'm not kidding. Harry Mathews projectbacknextpoetry When Niki and I moved to Paris, there was also the challenge of Paris, an extremely daunting city. Harry Mathews alsochallengecityparis What I wanted to do and what I needed to do was something entirely different, and through reading Roussel I learned that I could do what I wanted all on my own and that I didn't have to rely on what had actually happened in my somewhat limited life and reading. Harry Mathews ownmy-ownreadinglife Well, the great thing for me about poetry is that in good poems the dislocation of words, that is to say, the distance between what they say they're saying and what they are actually saying is at its greatest. Harry Mathews greatgoodmepoetry Well, my relationship to America at the time I left was very limited. Harry Mathews lefttimerelationshipamerica Well, I had this little notion - I started writing when I was eleven, writing poetry. I was passionately addicted to it; it was my great refuge through adolescence. Harry Mathews throughgreatpoetrywriting My Life in CIA is the first time that I've ever written a story in my own name. Harry Mathews namemy-lifetimelife I was immediately smitten with an attraction to this culture, not in the sense of high culture but of the basic way people behaved towards one another. Harry Mathews highculturepeopleway I thought Cheever was magnificent and that if I could write like him that would be the best I could do. And then I realized that what I really wanted to write had nothing to do with what he was doing. Harry Mathews nothingdoingbestthought I love teaching. Harry Mathews i-loveteachinglove
