Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel
Louis "Studs" Terkel was an American author, historian, actor, and broadcaster. He received the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1985 for "The Good War", and is best remembered for his oral histories of common Americans, and for hosting a long-running radio show in Chicago...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth16 May 1912
CountryUnited States of America
dream army night
It is still the arena of those who dream of the City of Man and those who envision a City of Things. The battle appears to be forever joined. The armies, ignorant and enlightened, clash by day as well as night. Chicago is America's dream, writ large. And flamboyantly.
book doctors mind
My doctors were of one mind: unless something was immediately done, I had maybe six months to live. A quintuple bypass was suggested. Quintuple! I was impressed, though somewhat disturbed because I was in the middle of work on a new book.
book censorship trouble
The trouble with censorship is that once it starts it is hard to stop. Just about every book contains something that someone objects to.
answers authority
The answer is to say 'No!' to authority when authority is wrong.
together littles next
For the next century, we've got to put together what we so carelessly tore apart with so little concern for those who were gonna follow us. ... You've got to sound off.
independent iraq term
We hear the term independent contractors in Iraq. Independent contractors? Mercenaries!
country memories yesterday
We are living in the United States of Alzheimer's. A whole country has lost its memory. When it can't remember yesterday, a country forgets what it once wanted to be.
cities chicago city-of-chicago
Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt.
dream people news
There are nascent stirrings in the neighborhood and in the field, articulated by non-celebrated people who bespeak the dreams of their fellows. It may be catching. Unfortunately, it is not covered on the six o'clock news.
sanity
I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing.
memories loses
I hope that memory is valued - that we do not lose memory.
book writing ifs
I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.
atheist talking atheism
You happen to be talking to an agnostic. You know what an agnostic is? A cowardly atheist.
want language speak
I want a language that speaks the truth.