John O'Hara
Birthday: 31 January 1905, Pottsville, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name: John Henry O'Hara
Prolific American author of the mid-twentieth century. Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, he later used the town, under the fictitious name of Gibbsville, as the setting for many of his novels and shor ...Show More
On the death of his close friend, George Gershwin: "George Gershwin died yesterday, but I don't have Show more
On the death of his close friend, George Gershwin: "George Gershwin died yesterday, but I don't have to believe it if I don't want to." Hide
[on 'Panama Hattie'] Who'd have thought we'd live to see the day when Cole Porter - Cole Porter! - w Show more
[on 'Panama Hattie'] Who'd have thought we'd live to see the day when Cole Porter - Cole Porter! - would write a score in which the two outstanding songs are called 'My Mother Would Love You' and Let's Be Buddies'? And written straight, too; no kidding. Hide
If Yale had given me a degree, I could have joined the Yale Club, where the food is pretty good, the Show more
If Yale had given me a degree, I could have joined the Yale Club, where the food is pretty good, the library is ample and restful, the location convenient, and I could go there when I felt like it without sponging off friends. They also have a nice-looking necktie. Hide
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