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
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.
men editors differences
There are a few editor men with whom I am privileged to come in contact. It has not been long since it was their habit to come in contact with me. There is a difference.
life men sides
Men to whom life had appeared as a reversible coat - seamy on both sides.
ocean towns sides
What else can you expect from a town thats shut off from the world by the ocean on one side and New Jersey on the other?
soup faces stories
When I see a shipwreck, I like to know what caused the disaster...I learned nothing but the glow that wrapped her face when the soup came. That's the story.
first-love firsts
Those whom we first love we seldom marry
writing stories forget
If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.
writing giving secret
I'll give you the sole secret of short-story writing, and here it is: Rule 1. Write stories that please yourself. There is no rule 2. The technical points you can get from Bliss Perry. If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.
wonderful
Most wonderful of all are words, and how they make friends one with another.
giving giving-and-receiving wisest
O all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest. Everywhere they are wisest. They are the magi.