If you're famous and supposedly wise, it's always a good idea to have a tape recorder in the room. Never can tell… — Richard Elman Always Copy Share Image
I can recall photographs of Comrade Ulbricht being embraced by Comrade Brezhnev, which must have been like putting your arms around Grant's… — Richard Elman Arms Copy Share Image
I jabbered too much in class about all the Russian writers whom I admired for being, among other things, uncouth and somewhat… — Richard Elman About Copy Share Image
If I wanted to be Rimbaud, what was I doing in graduate school? Trying to stay out of the army, of course.… — Richard Elman Also Copy Share Image
Now, past middle age, with so many books written I still care about and only a few still in print, I know… — Richard Elman About Copy Share Image
My own father used to boast to me of biting off a man's ear in a street fight. — Richard Elman Biting Copy Share Image
