Top 20 John O'Hara Quotes (2024 Update)

John O'Hara Quote: “Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.”

1. “Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.”

2. “George Gershwin died on July 11, 1937, but I don’t have to believe it if I don’t want to.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom’s.”

3. “Never play cards with a man named Doc, and never eat at a place called Mom’s.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don’t understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.”

4. “They say great themes make great novels. but what these young writers don’t understand is that there is no greater theme than men and women.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes.”

5. “Book reviewers are little old ladies of both sexes.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive...”

6. “I can get very depressed by a review that is unfair, unreasonable, and totally destructive...”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer.”

7. “Illinois is a state of suspended animation and the people live in hibernation from Oct. to whenever it ever gets warmer.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “An artist is his own fault.”

8. “An artist is his own fault.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “When Caroline Walker fell in love with Julian English she was a little tired of him. That was in the summer of 1926, one of the most unimportant years in the history of the United States, and the year in which Caroline Walker was sure her life had reached a pinnacle of uselessness.”

9. “When Caroline Walker fell in love with Julian English she was a little tired of him. That was in the summer of 1926, one of the most unimportant years in the history of the United States, and the year in which Caroline Walker was sure her life had reached a pinnacle of uselessness.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “Socially, I never belonged to any class, rich or poor. To the rich I was poor, and to the poor I was poor pretending to be like the rich.”

10. “Socially, I never belonged to any class, rich or poor. To the rich I was poor, and to the poor I was poor pretending to be like the rich.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “I love you? Yes, I love you. Like saying I have cancer.”

11. “I love you? Yes, I love you. Like saying I have cancer.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “Hot lead can be almost as effective coming from a linotype as from a firearm.”

12. “Hot lead can be almost as effective coming from a linotype as from a firearm.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.”

13. “Much as I like owning a Rolls-Royce, I could do without it. What I could not do without is a typewriter, a supply of yellow second sheets and the time to put them to good use.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “They say great themes make great novels.”

14. “They say great themes make great novels.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “It was now about eleven o’clock of a fine mid-September morning, with the sun warm but away from the sun a warning hint of the nippy weather to come.”

15. “It was now about eleven o’clock of a fine mid-September morning, with the sun warm but away from the sun a warning hint of the nippy weather to come.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her.”

16. “In every marriage the wife has to keep her mouth shut about at least one small thing her husband does that disgusts her.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “But whats the use of being old if you cant be dumb?”

17. “But whats the use of being old if you cant be dumb?”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “I’m so afraid, but it’s just as wrong to stop, isn’t it? Isn’t it just as wrong to stop?”

18. “I’m so afraid, but it’s just as wrong to stop, isn’t it? Isn’t it just as wrong to stop?”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.”

19. “The trouble is people leave too much to luck. They get married and then trust to luck. They should be sure in the first place.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “On this Sunday morning in May, this girl who later was to be the cause of a sensation in New York, awoke much too early for her night before. One minute she was asleep, the next she was completely awake and dumped into despair. It was the kind of despair that she had known perhaps two thousand times before, there being 365 mornings in a calendar year.”

20. “On this Sunday morning in May, this girl who later was to be the cause of a sensation in New York, awoke much too early for her night before. One minute she was asleep, the next she was completely awake and dumped into despair. It was the kind of despair that she had known perhaps two thousand times before, there being 365 mornings in a calendar year.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “The people who want regeneration to be permanent are fanatics for the happy ending, dissatisfied with themselves and with anyone else, unrealistic men and women, anti-Christs, who were entertained by the miracles but learned nothing from Calvary.”

21. “The people who want regeneration to be permanent are fanatics for the happy ending, dissatisfied with themselves and with anyone else, unrealistic men and women, anti-Christs, who were entertained by the miracles but learned nothing from Calvary.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “Men go to musicals. Women are the ones who buy the tickets for plays.”

22. “Men go to musicals. Women are the ones who buy the tickets for plays.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “When composing a story, withhold the essential information – do not mention whatever it is that causes the characters to act as they do.”

23. “When composing a story, withhold the essential information – do not mention whatever it is that causes the characters to act as they do.”

— John O'Hara

John O'Hara Quote: “It made a change in himself, and we must not change ourselves much. We can stand only so many – so few – changes. To know that there were people who he thought were his friends, his good friends, but who were his enemies – that was going to make a change, he knew. When was the last time there had been a change in himself? He thought and thought, rejecting items that were not change but only removal or adornment.”

24. “It made a change in himself, and we must not change ourselves much. We can stand only so many – so few – changes. To know that there were people who he thought were his friends, his good friends, but who were his enemies – that was going to make a change, he knew. When was the last time there had been a change in himself? He thought and thought, rejecting items that were not change but only removal or adornment.”

— John O'Hara

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