Nelson Algren
Biography
Quotes
- Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity.
- Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.
- I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired me was out of town Tuesday.
