Budd Schulberg Quotes

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Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with dignity and comfort when they haven't got it anymore.

Budd Schulberg

As much as I love boxing, I hate it. And as much as I hate it, I love it.

Budd Schulberg

Fights can be dumped in a dozen ways. Sometimes everybody but the fighter knows. Sometimes only the fighter knows.

Budd Schulberg

I could've been a contender. I could've had class and been somebody. Real class. Instead of a bum, let's face it, which is what I am.

Budd Schulberg

In television we have the greatest instrument for mass persuasion in the history of the world.

Budd Schulberg

Going through life with a conscience is like driving your car with the brakes on.

Budd Schulberg

With me it's simple. Whatever is good for Sammy Glick is right, and whatever is bad for Sammy Glick is immoral, unethical, unconstitutional. In other words, it stinks.

Budd Schulberg

Unless we know people well, we sit around with our words and our minds starched, afraid of being ourselves for fear of wrinkling them.

Budd Schulberg

Tell Papa I admire him but from now on I plan to admire him from as far away as I can get.

Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg

Budd Schulberg

Born: March 27, 1914

Died: August 5, 2009 (aged 95)

Bio: Budd Schulberg was an American screenwriter, television producer, novelist and sports writer.

Known for:

On the Waterfront (1954)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Winter Carnival (1939)
Nothing Sacred (1937)

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