I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients. — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all. — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
“I balanced all, brought all to mind, The years to come seemed waste of breath, A waste of breath the years behind In balance… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
Despair, in short, seeks its own environment as surely as water finds its own level. — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
“Suicide is, after all, the result of a choice. However impulsive the action and confused the motives, at the moment when a man finally… — Al Álvarez Copy Share Image
Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself, in the possibility of control over what seems… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
Each sporadic burst of work, each minor success and disappointment, each moment of calm and relaxation, seemed merely a temporary halt on my steady… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients. — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mistakes so you… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me… — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all. — Al Alvarez Copy Share Image
