Articles Quote by Laurence Shames

I never intended to be a journalist. Frankly, I don't think I ever was a journalist. I backed into it.

— Laurence Shames

“You have reached the home and workplace of Roberto Natchez. I do not often take calls. I make no promise to return them. I…

— Laurence Shames

All of us ambitious young writers hoped to have a cover story in Esquire, of course. The idea was to write the best, most…

— Laurence Shames

I loved seeing my name in print, I loved seeing my words in print. I felt really privileged to be in the kind of…

— Laurence Shames

I've never written a hard journalism piece in my life. I've never wanted to do that.

— Laurence Shames

“One of the things Key West teaches is that disappointment and contentment can go together more easily than you would probably imagine.”

— Laurence Shames

Success and failure, we think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions- the hero and sidekick.

— Laurence Shames

Why are we inspired by another person's courage? Maybe because it gives us the sweet and genuine surprise of discovering some trace, at least,…

— Laurence Shames

“An old man's errors mattered both more and less than a young man's. More because there was less time to undo them; less because…

— Laurence Shames

“He would be the kind of friend he wished he had, and so perhaps become worthy of having such a friend himself.”

— Laurence Shames

I listen to the Beatles all the time - in my car, at the gym. The Beatles are still part of my life. And…

— Laurence Shames