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Dominick Dunne Quotes

American journalist and novelist (b. 1925), Birth: 29-10-1925, Death: 26-8-2009
1.
People are fascinated by the rich: Shakespeare wrote plays about kings, not beggars.
Dominick Dunne

2.
Ive lived this very dramatic life, with high points and terrible low points. Nothing has been ordinary, and I want to have the experience of the last breath. I want a little drama to it.
Dominick Dunne

3.
The best advice on writing was given to me by my first editor, Michael Korda, of Simon and Schuster, while writing my first book. 'Finish your first draft and then we'll talk,' he said. It took me a long time to realize how good the advice was. Even if you write it wrong, write and finish your first draft. Only then, when you have a flawed whole, do you know what you have to fix.
Dominick Dunne

4.
If you ever hear anybody refer to Elizabeth Taylor as Liz Taylor, you can be pretty sure the person doesn’t know her.
Dominick Dunne

5.
I am openly pro-prosecution and make no bones about it. I don't think there are enough people out there sticking up for victims.
Dominick Dunne

Similar Authors: Cassandra Clare Terry Pratchett Winston Churchill Ayn Rand Charles Dickens George Eliot Chuck Palahniuk H. L. Mencken Dave Barry George R. R. Martin Jane Austen F. Scott Fitzgerald John Steinbeck Aldous Huxley Honore de Balzac
6.
You write about what you have access to, and I have been fortunate enough to have a front-row seat on the rich and powerful my entire life.
Dominick Dunne

7.
Success is the most valuable commodity.
Dominick Dunne

8.
Parties are the nightly ritual of the sophisticated society.
Dominick Dunne

Quote Topics by Dominick Dunne: People Writing World Powerful Sophisticated Kings Justice Commodity Editors Ordinary Want Knows Wonderful Rich Ritual Party Play Thinking Valuable Book Drama Liz Adventure Persons
9.
I loved going along with Alice Steinbach as she goes off on this rare, wonderful adventure, an escape into discovering herself and some of the truly magical places in this world.
Dominick Dunne