"If you haven't written a novel by the……" — Richard Yates
"If you haven't written a novel by the time you're forty you never will!"
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42 Quotes by Richard Yates
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It's a disease. Nobody thinks or feels or cares any more; nobody gets excited or believes in anything except their…
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You want to play house, you got to have a job. You want to play very nice house, very sweet…
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He knew it was possible for shame to be nursed and doctored like an illness, if you wanted to keep…
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It haunted him all night, while he slept alone; it was still there in the morning, when he swallowed his…
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Anybody's marriage might benefit from an occasional embargo on talk.
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Acting might bring on emotional exhaustion, but writing tired your brains out. Writing led to depression and insomnia and walking…
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Remember what Anatole France said about the dog masturbating on your leg--'Sure, it's honest, but who needs it?
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I'm only interested in stories that are about the crushing of the human heart.
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He had won but he didn't feel like a winner.
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He couldn't even tell whether he was angry or contrite, whether it was forgiveness he wanted or the power to…
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God knows there certainly ought to be a window around here somewhere, for all of us.
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The Revolutionary Hill Estates had not been designed to accommodate a tragedy. Even at night, as if on purpose, the…
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More Forty Quotes
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Once we hit forty, women only have about four taste buds left: one for vodka, one for wine, one for…
— Gina Barreca
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My wife Mary and I have been married for forty-seven years and not once have we had an argument serious…
— Jack Benny
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Hors D'oeuvre: A ham sandwich cut into forty pieces.
— Jack Benny
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From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to…
— Elayne Boosler
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At almost forty years old, I assumed my career on camera was over. And I was certainly given that message…
— Mika Brzezinski
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Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, what's okay…
— Brooke Burke
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After forty a woman has to choose between losing her figure or her face. My advice is to keep your…
— Barbara Cartland
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Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.
— Woody Allen
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When you've been doing comedy for forty years, you really do know most of the jokes. And even if you…
— John Cleese
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Even if you live forty or fifty years in this world, and then die, you cannot take all your goods…
— Red Cloud
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Being in your forties - any woman who isn't there yet, I just have to say to you: Euphoria is…
— Tori Amos
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