David Foster Wallace Quotes & Sayings

26 most famous David Foster Wallace quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an American writer who passed away on 12 September, 2008.

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“We're not keen on the idea of the story sharing its valence with the reader. But the reader's own life 'outside' the story changes the story.”

“It seems important to find ways of reminding ourselves that most 'familiarity' is meditated and delusive.”

“The great thing about irony is that it splits things apart, gets up above them so we can see the flaws and hypocrisies and duplicates.”

“Fiction's about what it is to be a human being.”

“The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.”

“For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going.”

“I just think that fiction that isn't exploring what it means to be human today isn't art.”

“I often think I can see it in myself and in other young writers, this desperate desire to please coupled with a kind of hostility to the reader.”

“I think TV promulgates the idea that good art is just art which makes people like and depend on the vehicle that brings them the art.”

“It can become an exercise in trying to get the reader to like and admire you instead of an exercise in creative art.”

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