Phillip Lopate Quote

To be a writer is a monstrously arrogant act. It presumes that you should be listened to for pages on end... But there is much in the culture to clip the wings of arrogance, mute assertion, and encourage speedy consensus.

Phillip Lopate

To be a writer is a monstrously arrogant act. It presumes that you should be listened to for pages on end... But there is much in the culture to clip the wings of arrogance, mute assertion, and encourage speedy consensus.

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About Phillip Lopate

Phillip Lopate (born November 16, 1943) is an American film critic, essayist, fiction writer, poet, and teacher.