"There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction. Blue jeans. Ready-made clothes. Coca-Cola."

-- Leslie Fiedler

#Jeans Quotes #Class Quotes #Clothes Quotes

“I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.”

Source : Craig Claiborne (1982). “Craig Claiborne's A feast made for laughter”, Doubleday Books
“Once the tires start to wear out the better car will prevail eventually. It might take a little bit of time, but eventually it will be the best. Thatâ€™s why everyone is trying to make their car good on the long run.”
“I was born an only child in Vienna, Austria. My father found hours to sit by me by the library fire and tell fairy stories.”
“My worst date would be with someone nervous who has nothing to say. I like people who inspire me.”
“I draw inspiration from everything. I draw a lot from love, from hate, from anger, from happiness”
“It was never my goal to be an actor.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Also, right at that particular time in the music business, because of people like the Beatles, people began owning their own publishing. I'll just say this really quickly - they used to divide the money for the music that was written in two, just equal halves.”
“After a burglary of all her most valued and treasured possessions, Winston Churchill's aging mother wrote: "That burglar relieved me of an obsession. For years, I've had to take houses big enough to hold all these bibelots. I am almost grateful to him."”

You may also like:

Alfred Kazin
Writer
Charles Brockden Brown
Novelist
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Author
Henry Roth
Novelist
Ihab Hassan
Writer
Irving Howe
Literary critic
James F. Cooper
Writer
Lionel Trilling
Literary critic
William Shakespeare
Poet