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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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“There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy's. And the right side.”

Guy Three Sides Argument Other Guys Three Sides

Book:Son of a smaller hero: a novel

Source: Son of a smaller hero: a novel

“This is an age of scientific wonders. You miss somebody so you pick up the phone to say hello. Three minutes for sixty-five cents. Nobody goes broke.”

Age Three Wonder Five Minutes Missing Picks Phones Broke Cents Sixty Hello

Book:The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz

Source: The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz

“Well, people have been wondering what's going to happen to the novel for two hundred years; its death has been announced many times. You know, I think the novel keeps redefining the world we live in. What you should look for in a novel is a window nobody else is looking out of, that nobody else can look through. What you look for is a voice. You pick up a novel by someone such as Faulkner or Hemingway and you just read three pages and you know who wrote it. And that's what one should demand of a novelist.”

People Thinking Knows World Should Years Wells Looks Has Beens Two Happens Three Voice Wonder Novel Demand Pages Picks Hundred Window Novelists Redefining

Author:Mordecai Richler

“A boy can be two, three, four potential people, but a man is only one. He murders the others.”

People Men Two Three Boys Four Murder

Book:The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz

Source: The Apprenticeship Of Duddy Kravitz

“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

“I work every day - or at least I force myself into office or room. I may get nothing done, but you don't earn bonuses without putting in time. Nothing may come for three months, but you don't earn the fourth without it.”

Writing May Done Three Force Rooms Months Office Fourth Three Months Bonus

Author:Mordecai Richler

About the Author

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

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