Quotes by : Leonard Michaels

Stories should be natural as apples, brief as lust, long as a thought.

Feb. 1, 1965Storm late at night, heavy rain, a thunderous racket, the windows shaking. I heard my name....

Reasons are whores.

Courage is continuing to perform your daily tasks, and being hopeful despite the odds, not inflicting....

May 20, '95 - Mississippi calls. She says, "All my working life I have done things to help black people.....

Never to have to think of yourself as white is a luxory that makes you deeply stupid.