Quotes of Al Alvarez - somelinesforyou

“ No man kills himself unless there is something wrong with his life. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ When you make a bet, you're saying something. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ And if you can't keep your ego under control, it's going to cost you a lot of money. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ Because one of the curious things about writing is that it doesn't matter how perfect you try and get it, that you never quite get the sentence right, or there are things that you miss and, you know, you have work repeated a couple of pages later that shouldn't have been repeated. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me ever, how I ever got into this dreadful trade. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I hate writing. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ And if you can't keep your ego under control, it's going to cost you a lot of money. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ When you make a bet, you're saying something. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ When you make a bet, you're saying something. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me ever, how I ever got into this dreadful trade. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ Because one of the curious things about writing is that it doesn't matter how perfect you try and get it, that you never quite get the sentence right, or there are things that you miss and, you know, you have work repeated a couple of pages later that shouldn't have been repeated. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ When you make a bet, you're saying something. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me ever, how I ever got into this dreadful trade. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ Because one of the curious things about writing is that it doesn't matter how perfect you try and get it, that you never quite get the sentence right, or there are things that you miss and, you know, you have work repeated a couple of pages later that shouldn't have been repeated. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I'm good at reading people. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ Because one of the curious things about writing is that it doesn't matter how perfect you try and get it, that you never quite get the sentence right, or there are things that you miss and, you know, you have work repeated a couple of pages later that shouldn't have been repeated. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ When you make a bet, you're saying something. ”

- Al Alvarez

“ I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients. ”

- Al Alvarez
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