Quotes About Nelson Algren

I don't think the isolation of the American writer is a tradition; it's more that, geographically, he just is isolated, unless he happens to live in New York City. But I don't suppose there's a small town around the country that doesn't have a writer.

As certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is to armed robbery.

A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is to armed robbery.