O. Henry
O. Henry
William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and surprise endings...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth11 September 1862
CityGreensboro, NC
CountryUnited States of America
blow air political
A straw vote only shows which way the hot air blows.
wind horny dinner
It is said that love makes the world go 'round - the announcement lacks verification. It's wind from the dinner horn that does it.
sunshine blood weather
He seemed to be made of sunshine and blood-red tissue and clear weather.
inspiration ambition home
But the best, in my opinion, was the home life in the little flat--the ardent, voluble chats after the day's study; the cozy dinners and fresh, light breakfasts; the interchange of ambitions--ambitions interwoven each with the other's or else inconsiderable--the mutual help and inspiration; and--overlook my artlessness--stuffed olives and cheese sandwiches at 11 p.m.
writing giving secret
I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.
war poverty and-love
If a person has lived through war, poverty and love, he has lived a full life
country moving trying
Bohemia is nothing more than the little country in which you do not live. If you try to obtain citizenship in it, at once the court and retinue pack the royal archives and treasure and move away beyond the hills.
country enemy way
Hospitality in the prairie country is not limited. Even if your enemy passes your way, you must feed him before you shoot him.
moving two together
What is the world at its best but a little round field of the moving pictures with two walking together in it?
life war men
There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavor of life until he has known poverty, love, and war.
dog communication animal
Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction.
spring cities soul
This fair but pitiless city of Manhattan was without a soul ... its inhabitants were manikins moved by wires and springs.
art writing drawing
Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.
home beer glasses
Be always decent and right in your home town; and when you're on the road, never take more than four glasses of beer a day or play higher than a twenty-five-cent limit.