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Mordecai Richler was a renowned Canadian author celebrated for his sharp wit and social commentary. His writing frequently portrayed the lives of Jewish Canadians and was characterized by its satirical style and vivid character development. Richler's writing career spanned several decades, during which he published numerous novels, short stories, and essays.

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“Nothing is absolute any longer. There is a choice of beliefs and a choice of truths to go with them. If you choose not to choose then there is no truth at all. There are only points of view.”

Ifs Choices Belief Views Absolutes Point Of View You Choose

Book:Son of a smaller hero: a novel

Source: Son of a smaller hero: a novel

“Canada is one of the few places left where the small decencies are observed. If, as a young man, I was scornful of the country because we always seemed so far behind style-setting New York, I now thank God for the cultural lag. Ours, after all, is the good neighbourhood. A society well worth preserving.”

Ifs Men Wells Country Young Left Behinds Style New York Setting Settings Young Man Canada Thank God Decency Lag Neighbourhoods

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“My enduring feeling about René Lévesque is that if he had chosen to hang me, even as he tightened the rope round my neck, he would have complained about how humiliating it was for him to spring the trapdoor. And then, once I was swinging in the wind, he would blame my ghost for having obliged him to murder, thereby imposing a guilt trip on a sweet, self-effacing, downtrodden Francophone.”

Ifs Self Feelings Sweet Wind Spring Murder Blame Guilt Endure Rounds Ghost Chosen Necks Rope Obliged Imposing Humiliating Downtrodden Guilt Trip

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“If you don't count some of Jehovah's injunctions, there are no humorists in the Bible.”

Ifs Jehovah Humorists

Book:The Best of modern humor

Source: The Best of modern humor

“If you caricature friends in your first novel they will be upset, but if you don't they will feel betrayed.”

Ifs Feels Writing Firsts Novel Upset Betrayed Caricatures

Author:Mordecai Richler

“If you're writing a novel, you're in a room for three or four years. There's not much coming in from the outside.”

Ifs Writing Years Three Rooms Novel Four Four Years

Author:Mordecai Richler

About the Author

Born: January 27, 1931
Died: July 3, 2001
Known for: Author
Quotes: 67

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