--- title: "3 Otto Penzler Quotes - Famous Journalist (Uncertain Endings)" description: "Otto Penzler is an American editor of mystery fiction, and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. Browse 3 Otto Penzler quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-otto-penzler-72931.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Otto Penzler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-otto-penzler-72931.jpg) # Otto Penzler (1942) Journalist **3** quotes in **56** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Otto Penzler is a journalist, best known for *Uncertain Endings*. ## Quick Facts About Otto Penzler Born July 8, 1942 Profession Journalist Notable works Uncertain Endings ## About Otto Penzler Otto Penzler is an American editor of mystery fiction, and proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in New York City. ## Quotes by Otto Penzler > [Ridley Pearson also plays bass guitar and sings with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a band made up of such successful authors as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-penzler/ridley-pearson-also-plays-bass-guitar-and-sings-with-the-rock-bottom/) Otto Penzler [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/otto-penzler-84948_amy_ridley-pearson-also-plays-bass-guitar-an_66086.png) > [I didn’t think any biography could do justice to one of the few honest-to-goodness geniuses of our time, a walking paradox who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/otto-penzler/i-didn-t-think-any-biography-could-do-justice-to-one-of-the-few/) Otto Penzler [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8c/otto-penzler-84948_biographies_i-didn-t-think-any-biography-could-do-ju_1728409.png) > [Like art, love, and pornography, noir is hard to define, but you know it when you see it. 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