Clifton Fadiman Quotes
American - Writer May 15, 1904 - June 20, 1999

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial.
Clifton Fadiman

Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking.
Clifton Fadiman

When you re-read a classic you do not see in the book more than you did before. You see more in you than there was before.
Clifton Fadiman

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
Clifton Fadiman

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.
Clifton Fadiman

Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.
Clifton Fadiman

I tried to use the questions and answers as an armature on which to build a sculpture of genuine conversation.
Clifton Fadiman