John O'Hara
John O'Hara
John Henry O'Harawas an American writer. He first earned a reputation for short stories and later became a best-selling novelist before the age of thirty with Appointment in Samarra and Butterfield 8...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth31 January 1905
CountryUnited States of America
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Little old ladies of both sexes. Why do I let them bother me?
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I wasn't ready to go out to pasture. I didn't have a worldwide travel agenda and I didn't want to work on the world's greatest novel ... I wanted to stay busy, but not in the pressure cooker. This is a perfect transition.
theme novel great-novels
They say great themes make great novels
unfair reviews unreasonable
I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive....
tchaikovsky perfect oscars
So who's perfect? ... Washington had false teeth. Franklin was nearsighted. Mussolini had syphilis. Unpleasant things have been said about Walt Whitman and Oscar Wilde. Tchaikovsky had his problems, too. And Lincoln was constipated.
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But whats the use of being old if you cant be dumb?
illinois people hibernation
Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer.
health hot firearms
Hot lead can be almost as effective coming from a linotype as from a firearm.
marriage husband wife
In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her.
yellow typewriters use
Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.
mom men play
Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom's.
summer tired years
When Caroline Walker fell in love with Julian English she was a little tired of him. That was in the summer of 1926, one of the most unimportant years in the history of the United States, and the year in which Caroline Walker was sure her life had reached a pinnacle of uselessness.
writing essence becoming
Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.
compare encourage ideas together
We get together and encourage each other. We compare ideas and show off our stuff.