“ All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldn't read it the way you read history or science. Leslie Fiedler
“ Faulkner turned out to be a great teacher. When a student asked a question ineptly, he answered the question with what the student had really wanted to know. Leslie Fiedler
“ Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays can't identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isn't yet historical. Leslie Fiedler
“ When I was 12 years old, someone took me to see Martha Graham. It was nothing like what I thought of as serious dancing and even then I knew I was having a great experience. It was as if somebody was… Leslie Fiedler
“ I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake. Leslie Fiedler
