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Otto Penzler Quotes

It was really in the Golden Age, between the two world wars, when the pure detective story - of which the locked room mystery is really the ultimate form - became popular.

Otto Penzler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: editor
Nationality: american
Birth: July 8, 1942

Topics

Age World Story Mystery Golden Room

I have attention deficit disorder, so sitting in a classroom is not the best thing for me.

Jeremy Miller

Best Me Attention Sitting Classroom

I'm completely obsessed with Andrew Smith's 'Winger.' A great, hilarious, and moving story.

John Corey Whaley

Great Moving Story Obsessed Smith

When I was growing up, I was watching fairly standard American cinema.

Andrew Haigh

Growing Up American Cinema Growing

God is at home, it's we who have gone out for a walk.

Meister Eckhart

Home God Walk Out Gone Who

I have never been motivated by money in my life. You can't make choices based on what the financial return might be.

Stephen Daldry

Life Money Choices Financial My Life

It's exciting to do something like this because usually what happens in theater is that, after the first or second reading of a play, it falls apart completely and the rehearsal process is such that you begin to pick up the pieces and put it back together again.

Treat Williams

Together Reading Process You Play

I have faith in my wrestling, faith in my grappling, and faith in my striking.

Robert Whittaker

Faith Wrestling Striking Grappling

I can't think of a major story that we have broken that was incorrect. But we have had to correct some things that were false; we have had to retract things.

Mary Hart

Broken Story Think False Things

There were no dead bodies in Watergate.

Monica Crowley

Dead Watergate Were Bodies

I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying.

Michael Jordan

Failure Trying I Can Accept Everyone

For a long time, I consciously tried to be a good person for others. Not anymore. Caring about other people keeps me in line, but I've decided to just be myself.

Jon Jones

Good Time Myself Caring People Me

I went to Elon University and studied musical theater. I usually did two musicals a year, but I also did a couple of plays. That was sort of always where I felt the most relaxation.

Chris Wood

Year Two Always University Where