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Nelson Algren (March 28, 1909 - May 9, 1981) was an American writer.
Never play cards with a man called Doc.
Never eat in a place called Mom's.
Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.
The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, providing you back it up with a Ph.D.
The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.
I went out there [Hollywood] for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired me was out of town Tuesday.
The Impossible Generalized Man is the critic who believes in loving those unworthy of love as well as those worthy yet believes this only insofar as no personal risk is entailed. Meaning he loves no one, worthy or no. This is what makes him impossible.
Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity.
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