A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
O. HENRYA straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
O. HENRYIf a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life.
O. HENRYI’ve got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.
O. HENRYBy rights you’re a king. If I was you, I’d call for a new deal.
O. HENRYThere was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl.
O. HENRYHumans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
O. HENRYAll great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.
O. HENRYA good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.
O. HENRYIt ain’t the roads we take; it’s what’s inside of us that makes us turn out the way we do.
O. HENRYMy advice to you, if you should ever be in a hold up, is to line up with the cowards and save your bravery for an occasion when it may be of some benefit to you.
O. HENRYYoung artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.
O. HENRYPerhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr’s.
O. HENRYWe may achieve climate, but weather is thrust upon us.
O. HENRYWhat else can you expect from a town thats shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?
O. HENRYThere are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact with me. There is a difference.
O. HENRYIf you can’t write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.
O. HENRY