American Audacity Quotes

“What does it mean when what you have becomes equal to what you do, when what you own is essential to who you are? In our everyday grasp of owning things, we tag it materialism, consumerism, consumption. But I trust you'll agree that the possession of books is not identical to the possession of shoes. Someone with thousands of books is someone you want to talk to; someone with thousands of shoes is someone you suspect of soul-death.”
― William Giraldi, American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring

“I keep wondering what would have happened if his unquiet mother had hoarded books instead of semiautomatic weapons.”
― William Giraldi, American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring

“Page upon page, Shelden proceeds with the dauntless pluck of a conspiracy theorist out to show that Elvis killed Kennedy.”
― William Giraldi, American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring

“If writers' aesthetics are not moral, if they do not comprehend that style is inextricable from morality, then they're just goofing off on their way to being forgotten.”
― William Giraldi, American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring