Quotes by Richard Yates

Explore a curated collection of 5 quotes by Richard Yates. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

If my work has a theme, I suspect it is a simple one: that most human beings are inescapably alone, and therein lies the — Richard Yates
And Emily had yet to shed a single tear. It troubled her all the way back to the city, and she rode with one hand sandwi — Richard Yates
As a writer, I like the list of "things to strive for" that Richard Yates kept above his typewriter:genuine claritygenui — Richard Yates
He's been living on the fringes of art for so many years, talking and talking about it, that he's come to expect all the — Richard Yates
He found it so easy and so pleasant to cry that he didn’t try to stop for a while, until he realized he was forcing his — Richard Yates