CRITICAL MASS HYSTERIA! (1978-)

WILLIAM SAROYAN (1908-1981).

If you’ve not yet noticed, I’m an admirer of great pragmatists, and I like to quote the wise words of able minds past & present. William Saroyan was an Armenian American author and poet (Wiki HERE), and he wrote the 1951 Rosemary Clooney hit, “Come On-A My House.” Saroyan’s writings have been hugely encouraging to me on numerous occasions, and historically I don’t think he’s given the credit he deserves. And, I have a modest little blog. So I’m doing my part. Here a few of my favorite Saroyan quotes, in no particular order:

“The role of art is to make a world which can be tolerated.”

“In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite variety and mystery of it.”

“The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.”

“Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure.”

“I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human race, and the most constant. How do you take away from a man his madness without also taking away his identity?”

“I can’t hate for long. It isn’t worth it.”

(And of course…)

“Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”