"Southerners make good novelists: they have so many stories because they have so much family."

-- Gore Vidal

#Novelists Quotes #Stories Quotes #Southerner Quotes

“The bible is not a religious experience for me. This book bundles together the entire culture of Judaism: our language, our history, our geography. God is merely a byproduct of the bible.”
“A menial task which must be mine, that shall I glorify and make an art of it.”
“I like my players to be married and in debt. That's the way you motivate them.”

Source : The New York Times, April 11, 1976.
“Some people are born gardeners, some are politicians. I was an actor. It took a great deal of pain before I figured that out. I didn't relate to most of it.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My kids want to go back to Detroit everyday, that's their home. They want to be there. But Detroit is going through something that I don't want to be a part of.”

Source : Source: www.finalcall.com
“Hinged to forgetfulness like a door, she slowly closed out of sight, and she was the woman I loved, but too many times she slept like a mechanical deer in my caresses, and I ached in the metal silence of her dreams.”
“Back when I was looking for my next step and was researching Gannett, I was interested in who was leading the various businesses within the organization: Are there a lot of women and minorities in important, operational roles, senior management and the board of directors?”
“Maybe one of the qualities of being a great coach is being [a jerk]. There are quite a few of them around.”

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