The best way to live is by not knowing what will happen to you at the end of the day… — Donald Barthelme
Doubt is a necessary precondition tomeaningful action. Fear is the great mover in the end. — Donald Barthelme
Succeed! It has been done, and with a stupidity that can astound the most experienced. — Donald Barthelme
His examiner…said severely: “Baskerville, you blank round, discursiveness is not literature.” “ — Donald Barthelme
The self cannot be escaped, but it can be, with ingenuity and hard work, distracted. — Donald Barthelme
The world is sagging, snagging, scaling, spalling, pilling, pinging, pitting, warping, checking, — Donald Barthelme
Art is not difficult because it wishes to be difficult, but because it wishes to be art. — Donald Barthelme
Self-criticism sessions were held, but these produced more criticism than could usefully — Donald Barthelme
![[picket sign] COGITO ERGO NOTHING!….[casual passerby:] “Cogito ergo your ass”…. Donald Barthelme Picture Quote](https://www.idlehearts.com/images/picket-sign-cogito-ergo-nothingcasual-passerby-cogito-ergo-your-ass.jpg?x85372 "[picket sign] COGITO ERGO NOTHING!….[casual passerby:] “Cogito ergo your ass”….")
