It’s not the word made flesh we want in writing, in poetry and fiction, but the flesh made word Author: William H. Gass Copy Quote More from William H. Gass “If someone asks me, “Why do you write?” I can reply by pointing out that it is …” “The ladies egged him on; in Eve's name, they dared him; so he made love with di…” “Words, so much more readily remembered, gradually replace our past with their o…” “Wild eyes were another sign. It is something I have seldom seen — the expressio…”