Quotes by John O'hara - Page 1

An artist is his own fault.
John O'hara / Writer
Artist
Faults
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They say great themes make great novels
John O'hara / Writer
Great Novels
Novel
Theme
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Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes.
John O'hara / Writer
Book
Sex
Writing
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But whats the use of being old if you cant be dumb?
John O'hara / Writer
Cant
Dumb
Use
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Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.
John O'hara / Writer
Becoming
Essence
Writing
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Little old ladies of both sexes. Why do I let them bother me?
John O'hara / Writer
Bother
Ladies
Sexes
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Well, men go to musicals. Women are the ones that buy the tickets for plays.
John O'hara / Writer
Men
Play
Tickets
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Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom's.
John O'hara / Writer
Men
Mom
Play
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Hot lead can be almost as effective coming from a linotype as from a firearm.
John O'hara / Writer
Health
Firearms
Hot
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George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.
John O'hara / Writer
Believe
July
Want
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I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive.
John O'hara / Writer
Reviews
Unfair
Unreasonable
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America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.
John O'hara / Writer
Barbarism
Civilization
Decadence
Touching
Unique
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In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her.
John O'hara / Writer
Marriage
Husband
Wife
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Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer.
John O'hara / Writer
Hibernation
Illinois
People
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The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.
John O'hara / Writer
Luck
People
Too Much
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Socially, I never belonged to any class, rich or poor. To the rich I was poor, and to the poor I was poor pretending to be like the rich.
John O'hara / Writer
Class
Pretending
Rich Or Poor
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They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don't understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.
John O'hara / Writer
Men
Greater
Men And Women
Theme
Young Writers
Writers
Women Men Great
Themes
They Say
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Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.
John O'hara / Writer
Sheets
Typewriters
Use
Yellow
Typewriter
Owning
Second
Supply
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So who's perfect? ... Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated.
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Perfect
Syphilis
Tchaikovsky
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When Caroline Walker fell in love with Julian English she was a little tired of him. That was in the summer of 1926, one of the most unimportant years in the history of the United States, and the year in which Caroline Walker was sure her life had reached a pinnacle of uselessness.
John O'hara / Writer
Summer
Tired
Years
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Our story opens in the mind of Luther L. (L for LeRoy) Fliegler, who is lying in his bed, not thinking of anything, but just aware of sounds, conscious of his own breathing, and sensitive to his own heartbeats. Lying beside him is his wife, lying on her right side and enjoying her sleep.
John O'hara / Writer
Book
Lying
Sleep
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