Richard Eder Professions : Critic Born : 1932 Died : November 21, 2014 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Richard Eder Words are the legs of the mind; they bear it about, carry It from point to point, bed it down at night, and keep it off the ground and out of the marsh and mists. Richard Eder bed mind night A prettiness mummified by years of chalk dust. Richard Eder chalk dust years In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book being worked on. Richard Eder silence book lying Fully stripped down, an onion is a pile of scattered layers; it has no center. Richard Eder layers onions Schneider's characters, like Kundera's, are sentient and sophisticated figures at a time when the constraints of Communist rule persist but its energy has entirely vanished. Richard Eder sophisticated energy character Similar Authors Betty Churcher critic Brooks Atkinson critic Brendan Gill critic Arthur Chu critic Arlene Croce critic Anita Sarkeesian critic All Authors
