Clarence Budington Kelland
Clarence Budington Kelland
Clarence Budington "Bud" Kellandwas an American writer. He once described himself as "the best second-rate writer in America"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
morning writing typewriters
I get up in the morning, torture a typewriter until it screams, then stop.
succeed dull brilliant
The duty of a toastmaster is to be so dull that the succeeding speakers will appear brilliant by contrast.
fathers-day gratitude jobs
Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament. But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it.
fathers-day dad parenting
My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.