Al Alvarez Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Al Alvarez:

I hate writing.
~Al Alvarez


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/al-alvarez-quotes/#3890236d

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/al-alvarez-quotes/#62137b07

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/al-alvarez-quotes/#1ca6c780

The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all.
~Al Alvarez


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/al-alvarez-quotes/#578802ab

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.
~Al Alvarez


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/al-alvarez-quotes/#cfb980e7

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/al-alvarez-quotes/#88d47ded

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/al-alvarez-quotes/#4285e332

When you make a bet, you're saying something.
~Al Alvarez


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/al-alvarez-quotes/#e1b348e2

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/al-alvarez-quotes/#681edc81

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.
~Al Alvarez


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/al-alvarez-quotes/#e512c32d

Yes, I think poker really isn't gambling.
~Al Alvarez


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/al-alvarez-quotes/#fe8d0441

I'm good at reading people.
~Al Alvarez


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/al-alvarez-quotes/#214e5ce9

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