Quote by Nelson Algren
I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I

I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired me was out of town Tuesday. – Nelson Algren

Other quotes by Nelson Algren

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. – Nelson Algren

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Criticism
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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. – Nelson Algren

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The Impossible Generalized Man today 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. – Nelson Algren

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Love
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If New York is the Big Apple, tonight Hollywood is the Big Nipple. – Bernardo Bertolucci

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Hollywood

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur. – Raymond Chandler

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Hollywood

If its a good script Ill do it. And if its a bad script, and they pay me enough, Ill do it. – George Burns

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Hollywood

An associate producer is the only guy in Hollywood who will associate with a producer. – Fred A. Allen

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Hollywood

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After 14 years, it better be a real marriage, you know? We do have a great time together. We are really lucky. – Kyra Sedgwick

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