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Mordecai Richler quotes: The revolution eats its own. Capitalism re-creates itself.

The revolution eats its own. Capitalism re-creates itself.

Mordecai Richler quotes: Shame on you. Don't tell me you've been married for an hour and you've already got eyes for another woman.

Shame on you. Don't tell me you've been married for an hour and you've already got eyes for another woman.

Mordecai Richler quotes: I thought, breaking into a sweat, I'd better call Saul. I owe Kate an apology ... Damn damn damn.

I thought, breaking into a sweat, I'd better call Saul. I owe Kate an apology ... Damn damn damn.

Mordecai Richler quotes: Listen your Lordship, I'm a respecter of institutions. Even in Paris, I remained a Canadian. I puffed hashish, but I didn't inhale.

Listen your Lordship, I'm a respecter of institutions. Even in Paris, I remained a Canadian. I puffed hashish, but I didn't inhale.

Mordecai Richler quotes: I'm rambling again. Wandering off the point. But this is the true story of my wasted life ...

I'm rambling again. Wandering off the point. But this is the true story of my wasted life ...

Mordecai Richler quotes: Everybody writes a book too many.

Everybody writes a book too many.

Mordecai Richler quotes: 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.

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.

Mordecai Richler quotes: All writing is about the same thing - it's about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration it creates

All writing is about the same thing - it's about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration it creates

Mordecai Richler quotes: But the truth is, nothing delights me more than a biography of one of the truly great that proves he or she was an absolute shit.

But the truth is, nothing delights me more than a biography of one of the truly great that proves he or she was an absolute shit.

Mordecai Richler quotes: A boy can be two, three, four potential people, but a man is only one. He murders the others.

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

Mordecai Richler quotes: Thousands of miles of wheat, indifference, and self- apology.

Thousands of miles of wheat, indifference, and self- apology.

Mordecai Richler quotes: Some of the attitudes of Barney are certainly attitudes I share, but not all.

Some of the attitudes of Barney are certainly attitudes I share, but not all.

Mordecai Richler quotes: If you don't count some of Jehovah's injunctions, there are no humorists in the Bible.

If you don't count some of Jehovah's injunctions, there are no humorists in the Bible.

Mordecai Richler quotes: I'm world-famous," Dr. Parks said, "all over Canada.

I'm world-famous," Dr. Parks said, "all over Canada.

Mordecai Richler quotes: Beauty, like male ballet dancers, makes some men afraid.

Beauty, like male ballet dancers, makes some men afraid.

Mordecai Richler quotes: I didn't know about beauty, he had thought. Nobody ever told me.

I didn't know about beauty, he had thought. Nobody ever told me.

Mordecai Richler quotes: 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.

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.

Mordecai Richler quotes: Bad days my memory functions no better than an out-of-focus kaleidoscope, but other days me recall is painfully perfect.

Bad days my memory functions no better than an out-of-focus kaleidoscope, but other days me recall is painfully perfect.

Mordecai Richler quotes: There are ten commandments, right? Well, it's like an exam. You get eight out of ten, you're just about top of the class.

There are ten commandments, right? Well, it's like an exam. You get eight out of ten, you're just about top of the class.

Mordecai Richler quotes: I'm criticized by the feminists, by the Jewish establishment, by Canadian nationalists. And why not? I've had my pot shots at them. I'm fair game.

I'm criticized by the feminists, by the Jewish establishment, by Canadian nationalists. And why not? I've had my pot shots at them. I'm fair game.

Mordecai Richler quotes: There are three sides to every argument. Yours. The other guy's. And the right side.

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

Mordecai Richler quotes: Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials.

Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have impeccable paranoia credentials.

Mordecai Richler quotes: The process hasn't changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work.

The process hasn't changed, but the writer has developed. I still get up every morning and go to work.

Mordecai Richler quotes: Wherever I travel I'm too late. The orgy has moved elsewhere,

Wherever I travel I'm too late. The orgy has moved elsewhere,

Mordecai Richler quotes: The Canadian kid who wants to grow up to be Prime Minister isn't thinking big, he is setting a limit to his ambitions rather early.

The Canadian kid who wants to grow up to be Prime Minister isn't thinking big, he is setting a limit to his ambitions rather early.

Mordecai Richler quotes: Without a doubt, it [Canada] is the land God gave to Cain.

Without a doubt, it [Canada] is the land God gave to Cain.

Mordecai Richler quotes: In a nutshell, I am not unaware of my failings. Neither am I a stranger to irony.

In a nutshell, I am not unaware of my failings. Neither am I a stranger to irony.

Mordecai Richler quotes: And furthermore did you know that behind the discovery of America there was a Jewish financier?

And furthermore did you know that behind the discovery of America there was a Jewish financier?

Mordecai Richler quotes: In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn.

In Canada, nobody is ever overthrown because nobody gives a damn.

Mordecai Richler quotes: I'm world-famous ... all over Canada.

I'm world-famous ... all over Canada.

Mordecai Richler quotes: If you caricature friends in your first novel they will be upset, but if you don't they will feel betrayed.

If you caricature friends in your first novel they will be upset, but if you don't they will feel betrayed.

Mordecai Richler quotes: Each man creates god in his own image.

Each man creates god in his own image.

Mordecai Richler quotes: And what if Miriam and I were never to be reconciled?

And what if Miriam and I were never to be reconciled?