Quotes of Mordecai Richler - somelinesforyou

“ I work every day — or at least I force myself into my office or room. I may get nothing done, but you don't earn bonuses without putting in time. Nothing may come for three months, but you don't earn the fourth without it. ”

- Mordecai Richler

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

- Mordecai Richler

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

- Mordecai Richler

“ Listen your Lordship, I'm a respecter of institutions. Even in Paris, I remained a Canadian. I puffed hashish, but I didn't inhale. ”

- Mordecai Richler

“ Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials. ”

- Mordecai Richler

“ 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

“ 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

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

- Mordecai Richler

“ Listen your Lordship, I'm a respecter of institutions. Even in Paris, I remained a Canadian. I puffed hashish, but I didn't inhale. ”

- Mordecai Richler

“ 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

“ 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

“ Everybody writes a book too many. ”

- Mordecai Richler

“ In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn. ”

- Mordecai Richler

“ In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn. ”

- Mordecai Richler

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

- Mordecai Richler

“ The process hasn't changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work. ”

- Mordecai Richler

“ 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

“ 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

“ 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

“ In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn. ”

- Mordecai Richler

“ 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

“ In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn. ”

- Mordecai Richler

“ 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

“ 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

“ Listen your Lordship, I'm a respecter of institutions. Even in Paris, I remained a Canadian. I puffed hashish, but I didn't inhale. ”

- Mordecai Richler

“ I work every day — or at least I force myself into my office or room. I may get nothing done, but you don't earn bonuses without putting in time. Nothing may come for three months, but you don't earn the fourth without it. ”

- Mordecai Richler

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

- Mordecai Richler

“ 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

“ In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn. ”

- Mordecai Richler

“ 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
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