J. R. Moehringer Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
J. R. Moehringer quotes and sayings page 2 (journalist). These are the last 8 out of 18 quotes we have.
“Basketball's eras are defined by teams - Celtics, Lakers, Bulls - and baseball's epochs are defined by players - Ruth, Robinson, Mantle - but with football, it's the sideline strategists, the nutty professors and top coated Lears.”
“Some of football's gaudiest displays of manliness are purely aesthetic. It's not what players do, it's how they look doing it.”
“I've been trying to write a book since before I was old enough to vote, and I've collected many rejection slips from publishers and magazines. I used to keep them all stuck to my refrigerator, with magnets, but an ex-girlfriend told me they were depressing, and defeatist, and suggested I take them down. A very wise suggestion on her part.”
“Food still isn't my thing, but I've learned to respect its power and significance.”
“You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.”
“Baseball, boxing, handball - sooner or later every game gets compared to narrative, but only in football are the plays perfectly linear, drawn up with letters, and only in football is the field itself lined like a sheet of notebook paper.”
“I'm a big fan of the poet Mary Jo Salter, and although she doesn't need to be discovered at all - she's widely admired and anthologized and extremely accomplished - I wish she were a household name.”
“Vegas is like the old definition of writing: though I don't enjoy writing, I love having written. Though I didn't enjoy Vegas, I love having lived there.”
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