Clarence Budington Kelland Professions : Film writer Born : July 11, 1881 Died : February 18, 1964 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Clarence Budington Kelland My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. Clarence Budington Kelland fathers-day life children I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop. Clarence Budington Kelland typewriters writing morning Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament. But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it. Clarence Budington Kelland fathers-day gratitude jobs The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast. Clarence Budington Kelland brilliant succeed dull Similar Authors Brian Aldiss film-writer Arnold Bennett film-writer Arthur C. Clarke film-writer Anne Roiphe film-writer Ann Brashares film-writer Andrei Tarkovsky film-writer All Authors
