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Louis Auchincloss Quotes

With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband’s absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office Picture Quote #1

Decent artists go through bad times but eventually they do get recognized. It’s by no means a battle lost. Yet Picture Quote #1

I used to go to church. I even went through a rather intense religious period when I was sixteen. But the idea of an everlasting life -- a never-ending banquet, as a stupid visiting minister to our church once appallingly described it -- filled me with a greater terror than the concept of extinction Picture Quote #1

I think Shakespeare got drunk after he finished King Lear. That he had a ball writing it Picture Quote #1

To most readers the word ‘fiction’ is an utter fraud. They are entirely convinced that each character has an exact counterpart in real life and that any small discrepancy with that counterpart is a simple error on the author’s part. Consequently, they are totally at a loss if anything essential is altered. Make Abraham Lincoln a dentist, put the Gettysburg Address on his tongue, and nobody will recognize it Picture Quote #1

We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were Picture Quote #1

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Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life Picture Quote #1

I don’t give a damn what people think Picture Quote #1

There’s no real alternative to what there is Picture Quote #1

Your literary style reflects your personality Picture Quote #1

Only little boys and old men sneer at love Picture Quote #1

Today is not forever Picture Quote #1

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There is a charm, even for homely things, in perfect maintenance Picture Quote #1

Novels must have verisimilitude, and truth has little enough of that Picture Quote #1

The crowd has a way of being right Picture Quote #1

A man can spend his whole existence never learning the simple lesson that he has only one life and that if he fails to do what he wants with it, nobody else really cares Picture Quote #1

A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull Picture Quote #1

Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you’ll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself Picture Quote #1

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The only thing that keeps a man going is energy. And what is energy but liking life? Picture Quote #1

The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake beneath Picture Quote #1

With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband’s absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office Picture Quote #1

Decent artists go through bad times but eventually they do get recognized. It’s by no means a battle lost. Yet Picture Quote #1

In my day, they were not interested in making boys happy. Those schools were made for the types of men who would become quite successful. It was brutal. They are not brutal today. They are country clubs today Picture Quote #1

If you can sense the corruption in me, it is... because there’s a dose of it in you Picture Quote #1

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A common objection to inherited wealth is that it stifles the urge to work. I have not generally observed this to be true Picture Quote #1

I had always been considered such a nonentity where human relations were concerned that the idea that I might have an influence, even a corrupting influence... penetrated my heart with a fierce little sting of pleasure Picture Quote #1

Once somebody’s aware of a plot, it’s like a bone sticking out. If it breaks through the skin, it’s very ugly Picture Quote #1

It’s very rare that a character comes to mind complete in himself. He needs additional traits that I often pick from actual people. One way you can cover your tracks is to change the sex Picture Quote #1

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With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband’s absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office. (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) Decent artists go through bad times but eventually they do get recognized. It’s by no means a battle lost. Yet. (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) I used to go to church. I even went through a rather intense religious period when I was sixteen. But the idea of an everlasting life -- a never-ending banquet, as a stupid visiting minister to our church once appallingly described it -- filled me with a greater terror than the concept of extinction (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) I think Shakespeare got drunk after he finished King Lear. That he had a ball writing it (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) To most readers the word ‘fiction’ is an utter fraud. They are entirely convinced that each character has an exact counterpart in real life and that any small discrepancy with that counterpart is a simple error on the author’s part. Consequently, they are totally at a loss if anything essential is altered. Make Abraham Lincoln a dentist, put the Gettysburg Address on his tongue, and nobody will recognize it (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) We were not as rich as the Rockefellers or Mellons, but we were rich enough to know how rich they were (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) Perfection irritates as well as it attracts, in fiction as in life (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) I don’t give a damn what people think (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) There’s no real alternative to what there is (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) Your literary style reflects your personality (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) Only little boys and old men sneer at love (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) Today is not forever (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) There is a charm, even for homely things, in perfect maintenance (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) Novels must have verisimilitude, and truth has little enough of that (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) The crowd has a way of being right (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) A man can spend his whole existence never learning the simple lesson that he has only one life and that if he fails to do what he wants with it, nobody else really cares (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) A neurotic can perfectly well be a literary genius, but his greatest danger is always that he will not recognize when he is dull (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) Keep doing good deeds long enough, and you’ll probably turn out a good man in spite of yourself (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) The only thing that keeps a man going is energy. And what is energy but liking life? (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) The glittering structure of her cultivation sits on her novels like a rather showy icing that detracts from the cake beneath (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) With her high pale brow under her faded brown hair, she was like a rock washed clean by years of her husband’s absences at conventions, dinners, committee meetings or simply at the office (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) Decent artists go through bad times but eventually they do get recognized. It’s by no means a battle lost. Yet (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) In my day, they were not interested in making boys happy. Those schools were made for the types of men who would become quite successful. It was brutal. They are not brutal today. They are country clubs today (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) If you can sense the corruption in me, it is... because there’s a dose of it in you (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) A common objection to inherited wealth is that it stifles the urge to work. I have not generally observed this to be true (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) I had always been considered such a nonentity where human relations were concerned that the idea that I might have an influence, even a corrupting influence... penetrated my heart with a fierce little sting of pleasure (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) Once somebody’s aware of a plot, it’s like a bone sticking out. If it breaks through the skin, it’s very ugly (Louis Auchincloss Quotes) It’s very rare that a character comes to mind complete in himself. He needs additional traits that I often pick from actual people. One way you can cover your tracks is to change the sex (Louis Auchincloss Quotes)