Tony D'Souza Quotes

• I once waited on Sean Connery. A long time ago. This was at the Caledonian Hotel in Edinburgh. They closed down the restaurant for him, and when he walked in with his morning paper, all the waitresses started squealing. He was a big guy, bigger than in the movies.

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  Morning, Long, Guy

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• Nicaragua is a World Bank and International Monetary Fund designated "heavily indebted poor country," with little legal ability to control its economic future: Everything is for sale. And once Nicaraguans decide to cash in and sell their houses or farms, they have to look far inland for anything affordable.

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  Country, House, Looks

  "The Boomtown, the Gringo, the Girl, and Her Murder". www.outsideonline.com. May 1, 2007.

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• I have no doubt that 'On the Road' is a Great American Novel. But I'm also certain my students will do fine without it.

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  Doubt, Students, Great American

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• When I grew up in the early '90s, the new World Wide Web felt like a gimmick, and I had no idea of the changes in store. In the summers, I'd backpack through Europe, follow the Grateful Dead. I had a car and a tent and traveled around the Great Lakes and out West. Jack Kerouac was my guiding light, his 'On the Road' a sacred text.

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  Summer, Grateful, Europe

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• When I first read 'On the Road,' it helped me figure out how to live against the grain. Now I wonder how to be subversive when the subversive has become mainstream.

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  Firsts, Wonder, Mainstream

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• 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?

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  Writing, Winning, Guy

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• In the time it takes American literary titan William H. Gass to write a novel, other artists have been born, completed their life's work and died. That may be an exaggeration, but only a slight one.

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  Writing, Artist, May

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• In a way, 'On the Road''s greatest victory is that nobody's eyes will be opened any longer by reading it; the last time I met any young people who were actually 'on the road' was when I covered Occupy St. Louis. Those few, dirty kids were fighting a battle even they couldn't articulate.

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  Reading, Dirty, Kids

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• Discipline is what makes a writer. If writing was like lifting weights, then I'd look like Mr. Universe. Write every day. Give the Muse a chance to get to know you.

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  Writing, Lifting Weights, Giving

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• I should be writing a poem every morning but I'm not.

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  Morning, Writing, Should

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• Every gift is held by two hands: the one that gives, and the one that takes away.

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  Hands, Two, Giving

  Tony D'Souza, Liz Darhansoff (2007). “Whiteman”, p.73, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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