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
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.
men hair way
When a man begins to be hilarious in a sorrowful way you can bet a million that he is dyeing his hair.
home men light
But how is it now? All we get is orders; and the laws go out of the state. Them legislators set up there at Austin and don't do nothing but makes laws against kerosene oil and schoolbooks being brought into the state. I reckon they was afraid some man would go home some evening after work and light up and get an education and go to work and make laws to repeal aforesaid laws.
silly flying pieces
Of habit, the power that keeps the earth from flying to pieces; though there is some silly theory of gravitation.
holiday earth dresses
A holiday in a new dress—can earth offer anything more enchanting?
journey soul world
The lonesomest thing in all the world is a soul when it is making ready to go on its mysterious, far journey.