John Barth Quotes

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
John Barth

If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist.
John Barth

More history is made by secret handshakes than by battles, bills and proclamations.
John Barth

Nothing is intrinsically valuable; the value of everything is attributed to it, assigned to it from outside the thing itself, by people.
John Barth

The Bible is not man's word about God, but God's word about man.
John Barth

This is an exciting time. A new chapter in our history.
John Barth

You're certain to get a decision in a trial.
John Barth