I think Henry Miller has had huge influence not because he wrote abou… — Leslie Fiedler

I think Henry Miller has had huge influence not because he wrote about sex, but because the memoir or the nonfiction novel has become such a monumental force in American publishing, if not in literature.

Leslie FiedlerCritic · American · 1917 – 2003

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Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable. — Gertrude Stein
I have said repeatedly that in this country we track library books better than we do sex offenders. — Mark Foley
The force of the advertising word and image dwarfs the power of other literature in the 20th century. — Daniel J. Boorstin
The reason Saul Bellow doesn't talk to me anymore is because he knows his new novels are not worth reading. — Leslie Fiedler
All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science. — Leslie Fiedler
My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time. — Leslie Fiedler