I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake. – 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
I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis. – Leslie Fiedler
Sometimes, comics will make the observation that its not jokes that are funny, its characters that are funny. And isnt that true! Thats why I always kill jokes. Im terrible at them, because I get the joke right, but I cant get the character right, and it just goes down like a lead balloon. – David Mitchell