“Writing is easy. All you have to do is sit down at the typewriter, cut open a vein, and bleed.”
Source: To Absent Friends
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Famous Red Smith Quotes
“Today's game is always different from yesterday's game.”
Source: The Red Smith reader
“It is well known that the older a man grows, the faster he could run as a boy.”
Source: The Red Smith reader
“Ninety feet between the bases is the nearest thing to perfection that man has yet achieved.”
“Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection.”
“Writing is easy. Just sit in front of a typewriter, open up a vein and bleed it out drop by drop.”
“It was an ideal day for football - too cold for the spectators and too cold for the players.”
Source: American Pastimes: The Very Best of Red Smith (The Library of America)
“Young men have visions, old men have dreams.”
Source: American Pastimes: The Very Best of Red Smith (The Library of America)
“I like to get where the cabbage is cooking and catch the scents.”