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> [I never understood people who don't have bookshelves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/i-never-understood-people-who-don-t-have-bookshelves/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

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## More by George Plimpton

> [The New York Times published the guest list on the front page. The masks were a brilliant concept.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/the-new-york-times-published-the-guest-list-on-the-front-page-the/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [Give me good books, good conversations, and my Trek Y-Foil, and I shall want for nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/give-me-good-books-good-conversations-and-my-trek-y-foil-and-i-shall/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [ “A male star named "T.T. Boy"…is a legend in the business \[actor in commercial porn films\]. T.T. Boy does not look at all glamorous… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/a-male-star-named-t-t-boy-is-a-legend-in-the-business-actor-in/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [Golf cannot be played in anger, or in any mood of emotiional excess. Half the golf balls struck by amateurs are hit if not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/golf-cannot-be-played-in-anger-or-in-any-mood-of-emotiional-excess/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [The smaller the ball used in the sport, the better the book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/the-smaller-the-ball-used-in-the-sport-the-better-the-book/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [You do not cut a check in the state of Kansas to John Doe, executioner. The executioner is paid in cash so there's no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/you-do-not-cut-a-check-in-the-state-of-kansas-to-john-doe-executioner/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [Well, I have to write. A lot of people forget that. They think I’m sort of crazy baffoon who can’t make up his mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/well-i-have-to-write-a-lot-of-people-forget-that-they-think-i-m-sort/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [I never understood people who don't have bookshelves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/i-never-understood-people-who-don-t-have-bookshelves/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/it-is-also-one-of-the-pleasures-of-oral-biography-in-that-the-reader/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [At the base of it was the urge, if you wanted to play football, to knock someone down, that was what the sport was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/at-the-base-of-it-was-the-urge-if-you-wanted-to-play-football-to/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [The pleasure of sport was so often the chance to indulge the cessation of time itself--the pitcher dawdling on the mound, the skier poised…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/the-pleasure-of-sport-was-so-often-the-chance-to-indulge-the/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [He still has the same way of calling to me, as if I'm still new to him, as if he has yet to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/he-still-has-the-same-way-of-calling-to-me-as-if-i-m-still-new-to-him/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [I remember being awed by it - the uniqueness and nicety of style - and I suspect I was a bit jealous because we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/i-remember-being-awed-by-it-the-uniqueness-and-nicety-of-style-and-i/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [Art has something to do with the arrest of attention in the midst of distraction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/art-has-something-to-do-with-the-arrest-of-attention-in-the-midst-of/)

[George Plimpton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-plimpton/)

> [Rick Bass is one of the best writers of his generation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-plimpton/rick-bass-is-one-of-the-best-writers-of-his-generation/)

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