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1908–1996 United States
Joseph Quincy Mitchell (July 27, 1908 – May 24, 1996) was an American writer best known for his works of creative nonfiction he published in The New Yorker. His work primarily consists of character studies, where he used detailed portraits of people and events to highlight the commonplace of the world, especially in and around New York City.
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Life is a mess, but you wouldn't want to miss it.
He had a habit of remarking to bartenders that he didn’t see any sense in mixing whiskey with water, since the whiskey was already wet.
Old Mr. Flood (1948)
All information of a spiritual or personal nature will have to come from our father, who art in Heaven, and I think he's in New York City right now.
My Ears Are Bent (1938)
When things get too much for me, I put a wild-flower book and a couple of sandwiches in my pockets and go down to the South Shore of Staten Island and wander around awhile in one of the old cemeteries down there.
The Bottom of the Harbor (1959)
I was young then, and much more courteous to older people — and to everyone else, for that matter, as I look back on it — than I should have been. Also, I had not yet found out about time; I was still under the illusion that I had plenty of time — time for this, time for that, time for everything, time to waste.
Joe Gould's Secret (1965)