Quotes by Michael Korda

About Michael Korda:

Michael Korda is an English-born writer and novelist who was editor-in-Chief of Simon & Schuster in New York City.
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Lee was a born pedagogue, never happier than when his children were learning to do something the right way. It is a testament to Lee's affection and patience that his children did not rebel. In fact, they appear to have thrived.

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The purely agitation attitude is not good enough for a detailed consideration of a subject.

Michael Korda

Art teaches nothing, except the significance of life.

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Escapism sold books, to be sure, but not nearly as many as were sold by exposing America’s flaws and making the average American reader (and book club member) look closely at his or her most cherished social assumptions. Americans might not be eage...

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This is true enough, but success is the next best thing to happiness, and if you can't be happy as a success, it's very unlikely that you would find a deeper, truer happiness in failure.

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Curiosity is the best motive for writing: curiosity about the world at large, or about oneself.

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An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.

Michael Korda

What you hear repeatedly you will eventually believe.

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Never reveal all of yourself to other people; hold back something in reserve so that people are never quite sure if they really know you.

Michael Korda

To succeed it is necessary to accept the world as it is and rise above it.

Michael Korda

An once of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

Michael Korda

Luck can often mean simply taking advantage of a situation at the right moment. It is possible to make your luck by being always prepared.

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Numbers of sales do not correspond to numbers of readers.

Michael Korda

I always thought of myself as a kind of literary bureaucrat. And that was never going to be enough for me.

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The novelist wants to know how things will turn out; the historian already knows how things turned out, but wants to know why they turned out the way they did.

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I'm always astonished when I go into Barnes & Noble at the number of people buying books, of course, but also at the variety of books they do buy and the extent to which they are not the big bestsellers.

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My books are based on observing others, not myself.

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I'm a relatively unfocused person.

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Cats don't think they're owned by anybody. Even behind doors and windows, like amiable Wally, they're free. Always. That may, in fact, be the most important thing about them.

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Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.

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Author Bio

  • NameMichael Korda
  • DescriptionBritish writer
  • BornOctober 8, 1933
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Publisher