Nelson Algren Quotes

The struggle to write with profundity of emotion and at the same time to live like a millionaire so exhausted F. Scott Fitzgerald that he was at last brought down to the point where he could no longer be both a good writer and a decent person.

Nelson Algren

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 28, 1909 - May 9, 1981

Topics

GoodLiveTimeStruggleDownPerson

I feel like I've had so many successes on so many levels, even if it is just my relationships with my friends.

Andie MacDowell

FeelFriendsRelationshipsJustEven

Executives don't burn out and leave when they feel deep satisfaction. They don't create the human detritus that disgruntled managers do.

Srikumar Rao

DeepFeelCreateSatisfactionBurn

When we first started to write our first movie, 'You Are Going To Prison,' we wanted it to be crazy and unique, brand new, our voice, not like anything that'd ever been before. It took us about a year to write our first script.

Robert Ben Garant

CrazyVoicePrisonBrandYearYou

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

Moliere

HistoryGreatPoliticalSkillBooks

A nothing will serve just as well as a something about which nothing could be said.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

SaidNothingWillServeSomething

My marriage is far from perfect. We're not hand-holdy and soft. We are snippy and bickery. We sleep in separate beds because we have no tolerance of each other's night-time idiosyncrasies.

Lisa Jewell

MarriageSleepTolerancePerfectFar

As long as you have a plan for how you'll live, don't let jealous people turn their insecurities into yours.

Chris Gardner

LivePeopleJealousPlanLongYou

Obviously, a skirt does present certain problems that I had to be aware of. But when it came to the shoot and we were rolling, I didn't really pay it any attention. It wasn't too bad.

Chiaki Kuriyama

ProblemsPresentAttentionBadPay

The stuff I write about doesn't, like, necessarily leave people feeling warm and fuzzy. I'm writing in a territory that's, like, contested and full of prickliness. And I find that people project their problems onto me or something.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

PeopleMeWritingProblemsWarm

We've been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we're conditioned to squash our natural selfish instincts, and that's the right thing for society.

Bryan Cranston

SmileBe KindSocietySelfishNice

I feel playful aggression is important for children because they have to deal with all kinds of anger and aggression in their lives.

Brian Sutton-Smith

ChildrenAngerFeelImportantDeal

The idea is to bring art to people who might never really interact with it. It's for all citizens, and it's about making the city more interesting and more visually significant.

Susan Davis

ArtPeopleCityInterestingNever

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