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Peter Matthiessen
American
Writer
About the author
In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth.
Peter Matthiessen,
American
Writer
#Truth
When I'm in the field, when I'm working, I keep very careful notes. I wear big shirts with big breast pockets, and I carry in them two little spiral notebooks.
Peter Matthiessen,
American
Writer
In fiction, you have a rough idea what's coming up next - sometimes you even make a little outline - but in fact you don't know. Each day is a whole new - and for me, a very invigorating - experience.
Peter Matthiessen,
American
Writer
#Day
#Experience
#Idea
#Fact
#Fiction
I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.
Peter Matthiessen,
American
Writer
#Fiction
#Superiority
#Inferiority
I think in any writing you're paying attention to detail.
Peter Matthiessen,
American
Writer
#Writing
#Attention
#Detail
I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes.
Peter Matthiessen,
American
Writer
#People
#Being
#American
#Poor
#Growth
#Blood
#Capitalism
Here I am, safely returned over those peaks from a journey far more beautiful and strange than anything I had hoped for or imagined - how is it that this safe return brings such regret?
Peter Matthiessen,
American
Writer
#Regret
#Journey