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
communication thinking years
The dividing line [between friends and acquaintances] is communication, I think. A friend is someone to whom you can say any jackass thing that enters your mind. With acquaintances, you are forever aware of their slightly unreal image of you, and to keep them content, you edit yourself to fit. Many marriages are between acquaintances. You can be with a person for three hours of your life and have a friend. Another will remain an acquaintance for thirty years.
cards deck ifs
If the cards are stacked against you, reshuffle the deck.
touching world strange
The only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human spirit.
heterosexuality prison cures
The only thing that prisons demonstrably cure is heterosexuality.
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.
glitter maintaining structure
I am wary of the whole dreary deadening structured mess that we have built into such a glittering top-heavy structure that there is nothing left to see but the glitter, and the brute routines of maintaining it.
friendship unforgivable avoiding
Friendships like marriages are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.
sunset religion looks
[To] me organized religion, the formalities and routines, [is] like being marched in formation to look at a sunset.
imagination world environment
We have been endowed with the capacity and the power to create desirable pictures within and to find them automatically in the outer world of our environment.
excellence world littles
To enjoy enduring success we should travel a little in advance of the world.