John O'Hara Quotes
- Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes.
- An artist is his own fault.
- Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.
- 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…
- Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom's.
- 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…
- Men go to musicals. Women are the ones who buy the tickets for plays.
- In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her.
- 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…
- Hot lead can be almost as effective coming from a linotype as from a firearm.
- 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.
- 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.
- George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.
- America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.
- Little old ladies of both sexes. Why do I let them bother me?