George V. Higgins Quotes

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Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist.

George V. Higgins

Never tell your reader what your story is about. Reading is a participatory sport. People do it because they are intelligent and enjoy figuring things out for themselves.

George V. Higgins

Politics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do.

George V. Higgins

She had rouged her cheeks to a color otherwise seen only on specially ordered Pontiac Firebirds, and in her ears she wore two feathered appliances resembling surfcasting jigs especially appetizing to striped bass.

George V. Higgins

The seductiveness of baseball is that almost everyone with an abiding interest in it knows exactly how it should be played. And secretly believes that he could do it, if only God had seen fit to make him just a little bit less clumsy.

George V. Higgins

What You Lose on the Swings You Make Up on the Merry-Go-Round,

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George V. Higgins

George V. Higgins

Born: November 13, 1939

Died: November 6, 1999 (aged 59)

Bio: George V. Higgins was an American author, lawyer, newspaper columnist, and college professor. He is best known for his bestselling crime novels.

Known for:

The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1970)
Cogan's Trade (1974)
The Digger's Game (1973)
The Rat on Fire (1981)
Kennedy for the defense (1980)

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