Leaving Home Quotes

“But a funny thing happens to you in a depression. If you don't hurt yourself, you can gain tremendous insights and empathy, find inner strengths and hidden talents. It's a mysterious process, but if you can hold on, you become a wiser person.”
― Art Buchwald, Leaving Home

“This does not mean that when I had a syndicated column and became well known, he wasn't proud of what had been accomplished. He was simply unable to tell me. He told my sisters and he told his customers and he didn't hesitate to let on that we were related. But a wall from childhood separated us and he never could say "Well done."

Someone once told me that it was not unusual in a father-son relationship for the father to find it impossible to praise his son. I responded angrily, 'I don't care if it's usual or unusual, he could have said *something*.”
― Art Buchwald, Leaving Home

“If a child is lucky, there will always be one Mrs. Egorkin who'll play a pivotal role in his or her life.”
― Art Buchwald, Leaving Home

“No one has ever questioned the credentials of a critic who writes a rave notice.”
― Art Buchwald, Leaving Home

“During my sessions with Dr. Morse, I concluded that somebody had been messing with my head during those early years and they left footprints on my brain. I have spent almost as much time on Seventh-Day Adventists in my analysis as I have on my mother. I am willing to bet that this place was responsible for many of my hang-ups.”
― Art Buchwald, Leaving Home