"As you have seen, I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within."
“Eudora Welty shares with Samuel Beckett [also born on this date] the mastery of English prose among writers now living; she is one of the greatest of American writers in all our history…”
Eudora Welty also was born on this date:
ReplyDelete"As you have seen, I am a writer who came of a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within."
http://bnreview.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Daybook/Welty-at-Home/ba-p/7433
“Eudora Welty shares with Samuel Beckett [also born on this date] the mastery of English prose among writers now living; she is one of the greatest of American writers in all our history…”
http://evidenceanecdotal.blogspot.com/2012/04/education-carried-on-by-curiosity.html
I was privileged to hear and see Eudora Welty read when I was in college, and she greatly impressed me. Thanks for the reminder, Dave.
ReplyDeleteWonderful quote, Dave!
ReplyDeleteI knew Welty was born on this date, but missed Beckett, oddly. And yes, that is a good quote.
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