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David Foster Wallace

Portrait: Steve Rhodes · CC BY 2.0

Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.

David Foster Wallace

Life: 1962-2008
Occupations: writer, novelist, essayist
Notable works: Infinite Jest, The Pale King, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), as of 2026-07-09

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