Clumsy Notes

“I would say that music is the easiest means in which to express, since it came first in man’s experience and history. But since words are my talent, I must try to express clumsily in words what the pure music would have done better.”

—William Faulkner (1897-1962), Nobel Prize-winning American author, “William Faulkner: The Art of Fiction No. 12,” The Paris Review, 1956.   

• Editorial Comment: Nonsense. Faulkner's words make others' sound like kazoo.

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The October issue of SENIOR NEWS is scary good. Online here.

 

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“I don’t think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.”—Tom Stoppard

 

 

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Edward C. Pease, Ph.D.
Professor & Department Head Emeritus
Department of Journalism & Communication
Utah State University
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