Dawn Powell (November 28, 1896 – November 14, 1965) was an American writer of novels and stories. Read full biography of Dawn Powell →
Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the... →
A capacity for going overboard is a requisite for a full-grown mind.
I think we will have a boy baby and he will be born on the 20th of August. Everyone else has a girl baby and at times I don't believe I should... →
A novel is like a gland pill - it nips off the cream of my hysterics and gets them running on track in a book where they belong instead of rioting... →
Yet better for one of my nature to have it that way than to have life a peaceful, placid flow of quiet contentment. I must have days of rushing... →
The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through... →
I want so much for my lover. At night when our beds are drawn close together I waken and see his dear yellow head on the pillow - sometimes his arm... →
Joe and Jojo and I had lovely day together. I love Joe so much - more and more.
Dawn Powell (November 28, 1896 – November 14, 1965) was an American writer of novels and stories.