39 Quotes by Al Álvarez

The earlier poems had all insisted, in their different ways, that she wanted nobody’s help- although I suddenly realized that maybe they had insisted in such a manner as to make you understand that help might be acceptable, if you were willing to make the effort.

No man kills himself unless there is something wrong with his life.

I mean to say, this is the book and I really loathe it and I can't imagine what a nice Jewish boy like me ever, how I ever got into this dreadful trade.

I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.

But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mistakes so you have to, it's all about where you're sitting at the table.

I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck.

I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table.

I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.

Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade.