When I turned fifty, I decided to quit the mill and go to graduate school. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes decide fifty graduate
Four hundred or so people lived in Knockemstiff in 1957, nearly all of them connected by blood through one godforsaken calamity or another, be it lust or necessity or just plain ignorance. Donald Ray Pollock bloodcalamityconnect Change image and share on social
I was always a big reader, even when everything was bad and miserable. Donald Ray Pollock badbigmiserable Change image and share on social
If the story wasn't overly long, I'd type it out. And I'd carry it around with me for a week and jot notes on it, and then I'd throw it away and do another one. Donald Ray Pollock carryjotlong Change image and share on social
Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. Marilyn Monroe centdollarfifty Change image and share on social
The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance. Catherine Crier casedecidedefense Change image and share on social
I went to graduate school with zero expectation. I kind of backed into it. I wanted to go back to school because I felt gaps in my literary background. I studied mostly twentieth-century English literature in college, so I thought, 'Maybe I'll go back for my writing.' Susan Minot backbackgroundcentury share on social
