John Fante Quotes

I Went To The Library. I Looked At The Magazines, At The Pictures In Them. One Day I Went To The Bookshelves, And Pulled Out A Book. It Was Winesburg, Ohio.. I Sat At A Long Mahogany Table And Began To Read. All At Once My World Turned Over. The Sky Fell In. The Book Held Me. The Tears Came. My Heart Beat Fast. I Read Until My Eyes Burned. I Took The Book Home. I Read Another Anderson. I Read And I Read, And I Was Heartsick And Lonely And In Love With A Book, Many Books, Until It Came Naturally, And I Sat There With A Pencil And A Long Tablet, And Tried To Write, Until I Felt I Could Not Go On Because The Words Would Not Come As They Did In Anderson, They Only Came Like Drops Of Blood From My Heart.

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