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John Mortimer Quotes

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: english
Birth: April 21, 1923 - January 16, 2009

Topics

Daily Hat Copy Escape Duty Jury

Failure is a word that I simply don't accept.

John H. Johnson

Failure Accept Word Simply

We'll probably be working on another album in the next few months here.

Next Here Working Album Few Months

The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted.

I'm a passionate believer in revision, and a lot of my writing gets done during revision process. It isn't just tweaking: I tend to break it apart and remake it every time I do a new draft.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

Time Writing Process New Done Break

I think you can have it all. You just have to know it's going to work.

Work Think You Know Going Just

If you don't have the confidence in baking, commit to making the recipe three times. The first two, do it exactly the way I've told you to make it. Twice. The first time you'll screw it up. The second time it will come out pretty good, and then the third time, make your adjustments.

Good Confidence Time Baking You Way

In ages past, there was less of a dichotomy between good literature and fun reads. In the twentieth century, I think, it split apart, so that you had serious fiction and genre fiction.

Good Past Fun Think Literature You

Even though Jack Kennedy and I were about the same age and lived in the same neighborhood and attended the same elementary school, our paths seldom crossed during the years he lived in Brookline. I'm sure that in time, I would have gotten to know him better if he hadn't moved away.

Age Time School Better Paths Know

Too often in Washington, we only look at the recipient side: How does the budget affect either those who receive or don't receive benefits.

Budget Look Washington Side Affect

There are so many remarkable playwrights working right now, that I see everything I can. Annie Baker is a genius, I'll see anything she writes. The same for Lynn Nottage, Cynthia Hopkins, and Lisa D'Amour. Anything they've got going on, I'll go see.

Genius I Can Go Now She See

I'm a little harsh. When people say, 'I have writers block. What do you suggest?' I say, 'If you can't write, don't write. No one needs your writing. Don't torture yourself.'

Yourself People Writing You Say

A woman may not hit a ball stronger than a man, but it is different. I prize that difference.

Louise Berliawsky Nevelson

Woman Man Stronger Difference May

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