I've had menial jobs, and 'professional writer' isn't one of them. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes have job menial
V. S. Pritchett was one of the most admired, fun, talked-about writers of the 20th century: he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his work with prose. He was born in 1900, wrote till he died in 1997, and has been tidily forgotten ever since. This is a real shame. Darin Strauss 20thadmirebear share on social
What makes writing a memoir difficult is harder to quantify. Is it learning to know when you're ready to talk about something? Is it seeing the structure in a lumpen mass of fact? Is it finding out what you were really like as other people saw you? Yes to each. Darin Strauss difficultfactfind share on social
Characters stretching their legs in some calm haven generally don't make for interesting protagonists. Darin Strauss calmcharactergenerally Change image and share on social
For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchen... than witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe. Harriet Martineau chamberclasseurope Change image and share on social
I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year. Jacqueline Novogratz bartendereconomicsinternational Change image and share on social
I would've done anything to work with Satyajit Ray. Nimrat Kaur haveraysatyajit Change image and share on social
