Famous Nelson Algren Quotes
The farther away you get from the literary traffic, the closer you are to sources.– Nelson Algren
Without hesitation, Dove chose the nowhere road. For that was the only place, in his heart of hearts, that he really wanted to go.– Nelson Algren
That’s how it’s always been: I was always in the clear so long as I was truly guilty. But the minute my motives were honest someone would finger me.– Nelson Algren
I am the penny whistle of American literature.– Nelson Algren
The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man.– Nelson Algren
Never sleep with someone whose troubles are worse than your own.– Nelson Algren
… Chicago divided your heart. Leaving you loving the joint for keeps. Yet knowing it never can love you.– Nelson Algren
To literary critics a book is assumed to be guilty until it proves itself innocent.– Nelson Algren