Ocupation: Writer
Life: July 26, 1894 - November 22, 1963
Birthday: July 26
Death: November 22
What a gulf between impression and expression! That’s our ironic fate—to have Shakespearean feelings and (unless by some billion-to-one chance we happen to be Shakespeare) to talk about them like automobile salesmen or teen-agers or college professors. We practice alchemy in reverse—touch gold and it turns into lead; touch the pure lyrics of experience, and they turn into the verbal equivalents of tripe and hogwash.
topic: Fate, College, Expression, Hogwash, College Professors, Tripe