Ring Lardner Quotes

1885–1933 United States

Ringgold Wilmer Lardner (March 6, 1885 – September 25, 1933) was an American sports columnist and short story writer best known for his satirical takes on the sports world, marriage, and the theatre.

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A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

Preface to How to Write Short Stories (1924)

Are you lost daddy I arsked tenderly.

Soon my father had payed the check and gave the waiter a lordly bribe and once more we sprang into the machine and was on our way.

The Young Immigrunts (1920)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ring Lardner (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.