Literature is made upon any occasion that a challenge is put to the legal apparatus by conscience in touch with humanity. Nelson Algren on legal
Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own. Nelson Algren on mom
The avocation of assessing the failures of better men can be turned into a comfortable livelihood, providing you back it up with a Ph.D. Nelson Algren on criticism