Quote by: William Gaddis

What is it they want from the man that they didn't get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left when he's done with his work, what's any artist but the dregs of his work, the human shambles that follows it around?


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Author Bio


  • NameWilliam Gaddis
  • DescriptionNovelist
  • BornDecember 29, 1922
  • DiedDecember 16, 1998
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksThe Recognitions; J R; A Frolic Of His Own
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellows Program; National Book Award