Hubert Selby, Jr. Quotes

I have rituals for cleaning out resentments, disappointments, heartbreak, depression and for work. One of the things I do is go over old stuff if I have been unable to write for a while.

Hubert Selby, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 23, 1928 - April 26, 2004

Topics

WorkDepressionCleaningGoWrite

My parents got married when I was 12.

Joel Kinnaman

ParentsGotMarried

Writers don't always know what they mean - that's why they write. Their work stands in for them. On the page, the reader meets the authoritative, perfected self; in life, the writer is lumbered with the uncertain, imperfect one.

John Lahr

LifeWorkSelfPageKnowWhy

When you first saw 'The Truman Show,' did anyone else walk around for the next week not picking your nose just in case?

Anna Kendrick

WalkWeekYouFirstNextSaw

I also have a degree in marriage, family and child counseling - I'm a therapist.

Stephen Furst

FamilyMarriageChildDegreeAlso

Picture it in your mind's nostril: you get in a cab in time to catch twin thugs named Vomit and Cologne assaulting a defenseless pine-tree air freshener.

Sloane Crosley

TimeMindPictureYouAirCatch

I would never talking about hating a fighter. I don't hate no one.

Tony Bellew

HateTalkingFighterNeverHating

I have rhythm, but I'm not a trained dancer.

Josh Segarra

RhythmDancerTrained

What the world does not need is a Haggadah that pats itself on the back. It needs a Haggadah that gets out of the way, that starts a conversation and gets out of the way.

Jonathan Safran Foer

WorldConversationBackWayNeed

You only live once and you don't know it because of the everyday activities, but if you walk around knowing you only have one time on this planet, you'll make a whole lot more of it.

Jordan Knight

LiveTimeWalkYouKnowEveryday

Girls, in particular, use storytelling to establish hierarchies, a pecking order. There is a sort of jockeying of who is in charge of shared history.

Claire Messud

HistoryStorytellingOrderCharge

I learned no detail was too small. It was all about the details.

Brad Grey

DetailSmallDetailsLearnedAbout

You do not send me to Brooklyn to get a cheesecake and then I come back and you're gone.

Brandy Norwood

MeYouBackBrooklynGoneGet

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