John O'Hara Professions : Writer Born : January 31, 1905 Died : April 11, 1970 Browse All Authors Top 21 quotes by John O'Hara Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer. John O'Hara becoming essence writing 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 marriage wife husband Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom's. John O'Hara mom play men Hot lead can be almost as effective coming from a linotype as from a firearm. John O'Hara firearms health hot But whats the use of being old if you cant be dumb? John O'Hara cant dumb use Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer. John O'Hara illinois hibernation people George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to. John O'Hara july want believe 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 sleep book lying An artist is his own fault. John O'Hara faults artist 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 too-much luck people 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 pretending rich-or-poor class They say great themes make great novels John O'Hara great-novels theme novel 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. John O'Hara tchaikovsky syphilis perfect Well, men go to musicals. Women are the ones that buy the tickets for plays. John O'Hara tickets play men 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 typewriters use yellow 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 tired summer years Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes. John O'Hara writing book sex I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive. John O'Hara reviews unreasonable unfair 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 young-writers theme men America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization. John O'Hara being unique country america Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
