Quote by Leslie Fiedler
When I was 12 years old, someone took me to see Martha Graham. It

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

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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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