William Goyen Professions : Novelist Born : April 24, 1915 Died : August 30, 1983 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by William Goyen There’s nothing better than an elegant cry of despair. William Goyen elegant cry despair For me, environment is all. Place — as I was saying about my students — is absolutely essential. William Goyen environment essentials Maybe solitude is best had in the midst of multitudes. William Goyen midst multitudes solitude It’s amazing how quickly something gets written. Now, when it comes, it can be on a bus, or in a store. I’ve stopped in Macy’s and written on a dry-goods counter and then suddenly had a whole piece of writing for myself that was accomplished, where earlier in my life I felt I had to spend a week in a house somewhere in the country in order to get that. Conditions change. William Goyen writing order country Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors
