John D. MacDonald
John D. MacDonald
John Dann MacDonaldwas an American writer of novels and short stories, known for his thrillers...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 July 1916
John D. MacDonald quotes about
girl strong would-be
This was not some pretty little girl, coyly flirtatious, delicately stimulated. This was the mature female of the species, vivid, handsome and strong demanding that all the life within her be matched. Her instinct would detect any hedging, any dishonesty, any less than complete response to her - and then she would be gone for good.
men cards credit
A man with a credit card is in hock to his own image of himself.
knowing self people
You have to start knowing yourself so well that you begin to know other people. A piece of us is in every person we can ever meet.
mean adults action
Being an adult means accepting those situations where no action is possible.
standing blindfolds standing-there
A nonreader is somebody standing there in a blindfold.
sunset religion looks
[To] me organized religion, the formalities and routines, [is] like being marched in formation to look at a sunset.
thinking done logic
All thinking is done with the glands. Logic is added later to tidy things up.
touching world strange
The only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human spirit.
music night self
Night and gin and music-the right setting for peeling off the thin clinging layers of bullshit and finding one's way down closer to the essential self.
glaciers would-be galloping
If you would be thrilled by watching the galloping advance of a major glacier, you'd be ecstatic watching changes in publishing.
writing reality color
I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what I write.
cards deck ifs
If the cards are stacked against you, reshuffle the deck.
new-york thinking two
New York is where it is going to begin, I think. You can see it coming. The insect experts have learned how it works with locusts. Until locust population reaches a certain density, they all act like any grasshoppers. When the critical point is reached, they turn savage and swarm, and try to eat the world. We're nearing a critical point. One day soon two strangers will bump into each other at high noon in the middle of New York. But this time they won't snarl and go on. They will stop and stare and then leap at each others
writing people purpose
My purpose is to entertain myself first and other people secondly.