“The leading lady had a large and saving sense of humor. But there is nothing that blunts the sense of humor more quickly than a few months of one-night stands. Even O. Henry could have seen nothing funny about that room.” HumorMiseryOne Night StandsO HenryReal WomanLeading Lady Author:Edna Ferber
“The O. Henry has become lingua franca among writers for saying, 'That guy can write a story.' It's prestigious, respected, coveted, dreamed about. It's very satisfying to be included in this group of writers. Here's a koan: Could O. Henry win an O. Henry?” WritingStoriesGuyWinningGroupsSatisfyingThat GuyPrestigiousO Henry Author:Tony D'Souza
“Before World War II, I was living a very cloistered existence, as most cartoonists do. The work I was pouring out did not come from any real, personal life experience; this was all the residue of the accumulation of Rafael Sabatini, O. Henry, all the short-story writers that I'd been reading.” WorldWarRealStoriesReadingExistenceWar Of The WorldsShort StoryWorld War IiLife ExperienceWorld War IPersonal LifeAccumulationPouringCartoonistStory WritersO Henry Author:Will Eisner
“The first story I wrote was "Catface" which was later selected for The O. Henry Collection, so that gave me some confidence to try some more. Gathering these stories together was fun, but I realized when I read them that I have certain mental preoccupations and they keep recurring in my stories.” TryingFirstsStoriesTogetherCertainFunI RealizedCollectionsGatheringSelectedPreoccupationRecurringO Henry Author:Arthur Bradford
“The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds—the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall.” ValuesTaughtFlowerWallBirdSmellNoiseUnexpectedChickensSunflowerO Henry Author:Chuck Jones