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Harry Crews Quotes

The writer’s job is to get naked Picture Quote #1

What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living Picture Quote #1

Alcohol whipped me. Alcohol and I had many, many marvelous times together. We laughed, we talked, we danced at the party together; then one day I woke up and the band had gone home and I was lying in the broken glass with a shirt full of puke and I said, ‘Hey, man, the ball game’s up’ Picture Quote #1

I never wanted to be well-rounded. I do not admire well-rounded people nor their work. So far as I can see, nothing good in the world has ever been done by well-rounded people. The good work is done by people with jagged, broken edges, because those edges cut things and leave an imprint, a design Picture Quote #1

Survival is triumph enough Picture Quote #1

I believe some people are just too damn smart to write fiction Picture Quote #1

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The artist lives in an atmosphere of perpetual failure Picture Quote #1

The writer’s job is to get naked Picture Quote #1

There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with Picture Quote #1

That was the only decision there was once upon a time: what to do with the night Picture Quote #1

Speaks well of a man to need a little something in this world. I wouldn’t trust a man who could git through it cold sober Picture Quote #1

There ought to be a law against the sun rising and setting for you in somebody else Picture Quote #1

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I’ve never enjoyed myself. I’m incapable of enjoying myself. There’s just some people who don’t enjoy themselves very much Picture Quote #1

The truth of the matter was stories was everything and everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way of saying who they were in the world. It was their understanding of themselves. It was letting themselves know how they believed the world worked, the right way and the way that was not so right Picture Quote #1

Writing a book is like torture that you don’t know, but after it’s done and there it is. It’s a joy like unlike anything else, I think it’s the closest that a man can come to knowing what is feels like to have a baby Picture Quote #1

He did not know what love was. And he did not know what good it was. But he knew he carried it around with him, a scabrous spot of rot, of contagion, for which there was no cure Picture Quote #1

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The writer’s job is to get naked... (Harry Crews Quotes) What the artist owes the world is his work; not a model for living (Harry Crews Quotes) Alcohol whipped me. Alcohol and I had many, many marvelous times together. We laughed, we talked, we danced at the party together; then one day I woke up and the band had gone home and I was lying in the broken glass with a shirt full of puke and I said, ‘Hey, man, the ball game’s up’ (Harry Crews Quotes) I never wanted to be well-rounded. I do not admire well-rounded people nor their work. So far as I can see, nothing good in the world has ever been done by well-rounded people. The good work is done by people with jagged, broken edges, because those edges cut things and leave an imprint, a design (Harry Crews Quotes) Survival is triumph enough (Harry Crews Quotes) I believe some people are just too damn smart to write fiction (Harry Crews Quotes) The artist lives in an atmosphere of perpetual failure (Harry Crews Quotes) The writer’s job is to get naked (Harry Crews Quotes) There is something beautiful about all scars of whatever nature. A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed and healed, done with (Harry Crews Quotes) That was the only decision there was once upon a time: what to do with the night (Harry Crews Quotes) Speaks well of a man to need a little something in this world. I wouldn’t trust a man who could git through it cold sober (Harry Crews Quotes) There ought to be a law against the sun rising and setting for you in somebody else (Harry Crews Quotes) I’ve never enjoyed myself. I’m incapable of enjoying myself. There’s just some people who don’t enjoy themselves very much (Harry Crews Quotes) The truth of the matter was stories was everything and everything was stories. Everybody told stories. It was a way of saying who they were in the world. It was their understanding of themselves. It was letting themselves know how they believed the world worked, the right way and the way that was not so right (Harry Crews Quotes) Writing a book is like torture that you don’t know, but after it’s done and there it is. It’s a joy like unlike anything else, I think it’s the closest that a man can come to knowing what is feels like to have a baby (Harry Crews Quotes) He did not know what love was. And he did not know what good it was. But he knew he carried it around with him, a scabrous spot of rot, of contagion, for which there was no cure (Harry Crews Quotes)