James Atlas Quotes

• All of us, I suspect, imagine that a world exists from which we alone have been excluded; all of us have our noses pressed against the glass. But if we contemplate our own lives, not the phantom life on the other side, we might find things in them to envy-a family that’s intact; a job we like; excellent health (the thing we take for granted and on which all happiness depends). Good fortune is there, however sporadic, however modest, however difficult to achieve. The trick is to recognize it.

  James Atlas

  Jobs, Glasses, Envy

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• To read Wilson.. is to be instructed and amused in the highest sense - that is, to be educated.

  James Atlas

  Amusement, Wilson, Educated

  1985 Of Edmund Wilson. In the New York Times, 28 Jul, reviewing David Castronovo Edmund Wilson (1984).

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• Writing is the worst part of being a writer.

  James Atlas

  Writing, Worst

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• A penumbra of sombre dignity has descended over his reputation.

  James Atlas

  Reputation, Dignity

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