All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldnt read it the way you read history or science. – Leslie Fiedler
I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake. – 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 moving through space like no one ever did before. – Leslie Fiedler
My assignment is what every writers assignment is: tell the truth of his own time. – Leslie Fiedler