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Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays cant id

Hemingway seems to be in a funny position. People nowadays cant identify with him closely as a member of their own generation, and he isnt yet historical. – Leslie Fiedler

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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

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My assignment is what every writers assignment is: tell the truth of his own time. – Leslie Fiedler

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All good criticism should be judged the way art is. You shouldnt read it the way you read history or science. – Leslie Fiedler

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I like the hot-cold, the sugar-salt, being able to play over-the-top and dramatic things – in the same film. Just as in my life, I can be very funny and at other times almost extinguished. – Jean Dujardin

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