Ring Lardner

Quotes by Ring Lardner

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Writer · American · 1885–1933

American writer (1885–1933)

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“How can you write if you can't cry?”

“They gave each other a smile with a future in it.”

“He looked at me as if I was a side dish he hadn't ordered.”

“The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.”

“The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do.”

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“How can you write if you can't cry?”
— Ring Lardner
writing

“A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.”
— Ring Lardner
humor writing

“The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.”
— Ring Lardner
Important You Going

“The only real happiness a ballplayer has is when he is playing a ball game and accomplishes something he didn't think he could do.”
— Ring Lardner
Game Think Real

“They gave each other a smile with a future in it.”
— Ring Lardner
Future Other Each

“He looked at me as if I was a side dish he hadn't ordered.”
— Ring Lardner
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