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Mordecai Richler Quotes

Tomorrow country then, tomorrow country now Picture Quote #1

If you don’t count some of Jehovah’s injunctions, there are no humorists in the Bible Picture Quote #1

A novel may take anywhere from two to five years to write and, in the end, you might manage a couple of thousand dollars on it, no more Picture Quote #1

If you caricature friends in your first novel they will be upset, but if you don’t they will feel betrayed Picture Quote #1

It is no more expected of most producers to read a book than it is, say, of Ted Williams to dust off home plate Picture Quote #1

If you’re writing a novel, you’re in a room for three or four years. There’s not much coming in from the outside Picture Quote #1

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The process hasn’t changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work Picture Quote #1

Shame on you. Don’t tell me you’ve been married for an hour and you’ve already got eyes for another woman Picture Quote #1

But the truth is, nothing delights me more than a biography of one of the truly great that proves he or she was an absolute shit Picture Quote #1

Fiorito has all the right stuff. His splendid memoir about his relationship with his dying father belongs on that small shelf with Philip Roth’s Patrimony and Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes Picture Quote #1

Actually, when it comes to knocking the Canadian cultural scene, nobody outdoes Canadians, myself included. We are veritable masters of self-deprecation Picture Quote #1

I have always been skeptical of medical orthodoxies, because sooner, rather than later, so many of them are turned on their heads. Or, put another way, providing you are prepared to wait it out, what was adjudged bad for you yesterday is likely to prove beneficial today Picture Quote #1

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This is an age of scientific wonders. You miss somebody so you pick up the phone to say hello. Three minutes for sixty-five cents. Nobody goes broke Picture Quote #1

We live in the country, and I have a huge library there. When we go to London for the winter I never know which books to take. I never know what I am going to need. That’s the only disadvantage Picture Quote #1

I’m criticized by the feminists, by the Jewish establishment, by Canadian nationalists. And why not? I’ve had my pot shots at them. I’m fair game Picture Quote #1

The chief rabbi of the underworld, that’s me Picture Quote #1

Remember this, griffin. The revolution eats its own. Capitalism recreates itself Picture Quote #1

Beauty, like male ballet dancers, makes some men afraid Picture Quote #1

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Each man creates God in his own image Picture Quote #1

The process hasn’t changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work Picture Quote #1

I was a voracious reader, but you would be mistaken if you took that as evidence of my quality Picture Quote #1

A boy can be two, three, four potential people, but a man is only one. He murders the others Picture Quote #1

There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy’s. And the right side Picture Quote #1

Nothing is absolute any longer. There is a choice of beliefs and a choice of truths to go with them. If you choose not to choose then there is no truth at all. There are only points of view Picture Quote #1

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There are ten commandments, right? Well, it’s like an exam. You get eight out of ten, you’re just about top of the class Picture Quote #1

If you caricature friends in your first novel they will be upset, but if you don’t they will feel betrayed Picture Quote #1

Edmonton is not the end of the world but you can certainly see it from there Picture Quote #1

If you’re writing a novel, you’re in a room for three or four years. There’s not much coming in from the outside Picture Quote #1

I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world Picture Quote #1

Fundamentally, all writing is about the same thing; it’s about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration that it creates Picture Quote #1

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Tomorrow country then, tomorrow country now (Mordecai Richler Quotes) If you don’t count some of Jehovah’s injunctions, there are no humorists in the Bible (Mordecai Richler Quotes) A novel may take anywhere from two to five years to write and, in the end, you might manage a couple of thousand dollars on it, no more. (Mordecai Richler Quotes) If you caricature friends in your first novel they will be upset, but if you don’t they will feel betrayed. (Mordecai Richler Quotes) It is no more expected of most producers to read a book than it is, say, of Ted Williams to dust off home plate. (Mordecai Richler Quotes) If you’re writing a novel, you’re in a room for three or four years. There’s not much coming in from the outside. (Mordecai Richler Quotes) The process hasn’t changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work. (Mordecai Richler Quotes) Shame on you. Don’t tell me you’ve been married for an hour and you’ve already got eyes for another woman. (Mordecai Richler Quotes) But the truth is, nothing delights me more than a biography of one of the truly great that proves he or she was an absolute shit (Mordecai Richler Quotes) Fiorito has all the right stuff. His splendid memoir about his relationship with his dying father belongs on that small shelf with Philip Roth’s Patrimony and Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes (Mordecai Richler Quotes) Actually, when it comes to knocking the Canadian cultural scene, nobody outdoes Canadians, myself included. We are veritable masters of self-deprecation (Mordecai Richler Quotes) I have always been skeptical of medical orthodoxies, because sooner, rather than later, so many of them are turned on their heads. Or, put another way, providing you are prepared to wait it out, what was adjudged bad for you yesterday is likely to prove beneficial today (Mordecai Richler Quotes) This is an age of scientific wonders. You miss somebody so you pick up the phone to say hello. Three minutes for sixty-five cents. Nobody goes broke (Mordecai Richler Quotes) We live in the country, and I have a huge library there. When we go to London for the winter I never know which books to take. I never know what I am going to need. That’s the only disadvantage (Mordecai Richler Quotes) I’m criticized by the feminists, by the Jewish establishment, by Canadian nationalists. And why not? I’ve had my pot shots at them. I’m fair game (Mordecai Richler Quotes) The chief rabbi of the underworld, that’s me (Mordecai Richler Quotes) Remember this, griffin. The revolution eats its own. Capitalism recreates itself (Mordecai Richler Quotes) Beauty, like male ballet dancers, makes some men afraid (Mordecai Richler Quotes) Each man creates God in his own image (Mordecai Richler Quotes) The process hasn’t changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work (Mordecai Richler Quotes) I was a voracious reader, but you would be mistaken if you took that as evidence of my quality (Mordecai Richler Quotes) A boy can be two, three, four potential people, but a man is only one. He murders the others (Mordecai Richler Quotes) There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy’s. And the right side (Mordecai Richler Quotes) Nothing is absolute any longer. There is a choice of beliefs and a choice of truths to go with them. If you choose not to choose then there is no truth at all. There are only points of view (Mordecai Richler Quotes) There are ten commandments, right? Well, it’s like an exam. You get eight out of ten, you’re just about top of the class (Mordecai Richler Quotes) If you caricature friends in your first novel they will be upset, but if you don’t they will feel betrayed (Mordecai Richler Quotes) Edmonton is not the end of the world but you can certainly see it from there (Mordecai Richler Quotes) If you’re writing a novel, you’re in a room for three or four years. There’s not much coming in from the outside (Mordecai Richler Quotes) I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity to move in the outside world (Mordecai Richler Quotes) Fundamentally, all writing is about the same thing; it’s about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration that it creates (Mordecai Richler Quotes)