“Scrivere è trasformare in soldi i propri momenti peggiori.”
Origine: Citato in Gino e Michele, Matteo Molinari, Le Formiche: anno terzo, Zelig Editore, 1995, § 1992.
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J. P. Donleavy: Frasi in inglese
“All I want
Is one break
Which is not
My neck.”
J. P. Donleavy
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The Ginger Man
The Ginger Man (1955; New York: Delacorte Press, 1973) p. 319.
“Rid the mind of knowledge when looking for pleasure. Or start thinking and find a lot of pain.”
The Saddest Summer of Samuel S (New York: Delacorte Press, 1966) pp. 62-3.
“On Being Old. It's not nice but take comfort that you won't stay that way for ever.”
The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival & Manners (New York: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1975) p. 278.
“I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.”
J. P. Donleavy
libro
A Fairy Tale of New York
A Fairy Tale of New York (London: Eyre Methuen, 1973) p. 224.
“The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight.”
"The Funeral of Denny Cordell" (1995), cited from An Author and his Image: The Collected Short Pieces (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1997) p. 178.
