Henry James
Henry James
Henry James, OM15 April 1843 – 28 February 1916) was an American-born writer. He is regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth15 April 1843
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
long matter ambassadors
It doesn't matter what you do in particular, so long as you have had your life.
experience tissues spiders
Experience is never limited, and it is never complete
writing character novel
What is either a picture or a novel that is not character?
writing thinking evil
Make him [the reader] think the evil, make him think it for himself, and you are released from weak specifications.
sarcastic grease sausage
He is the same old sausage, fizzing and sputtering in his own grease.
country tombstone sea
Novelist-Citizen of Two Countries Interpreter of his Generation on both Sides of the Sea.
crafts easy premium
That accurst autobiographic form which puts a premium on the loose, the improvised, the cheap, and the easy.
judging people criticism
Of course you're always at liberty to judge the critic. Judge people as critics, however, and you'll condemn them all!
culture dine
Women never dine alone. When they dine alone they don't dine.
facts futility
The fatal futility of Fact.
bread sauce happy-endings
The time-honored bread-sauce of the happy ending.
art congratulations lines
The only success worth one's powder was success in the line of one's idiosyncrasy... what was talent but the art of being completely whatever one happened to be?
daughter autumn flames
A solitary maple on a woodside flames in single scarlet, recalls nothing so much as the daughter of a noble house dressed for a fancy ball, with the whole family gathered around to admire her before she goes.
gratitude mistake matter
Live all you can. It's a mistake not to. It doesn't much matter what you do in particular, so much as you LIVE while you're doing it.