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
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.
unfair reviews unreasonable
I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive....
theme novel great-novels
They say great themes make great novels
lying book sleep
Our story opens in the mind of Luther L. (L for LeRoy) Fliegler, who is lying in his bed, not thinking of anything, but just aware of sounds, conscious of his own breathing, and sensitive to his own heartbeats. Lying beside him is his wife, lying on her right side and enjoying her sleep.
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.
believe july want
George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.
america american-writer country decadence
America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.
people luck too-much
The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.
men play tickets
Men go to musicals. Women are the ones who buy the tickets for plays.