And if you can't keep your ego under control, it's going to cost you a lot of money.
Quote by Al Alvarez about opinion, money
Quotes by Al Alvarez
16 quotes by Al Alvarez
Al Alvarez - english Poet
Was born on 05 aug 2008.
Origin country: United Kingdom
Because one of the curious things about writing is that it doesn't matter how perfect you try and get it, that you never quite get the sentence right, or there are things that you miss and, you know, you have work repeated a couple of pages later...
Quote by Al Alvarez about literature, couple, things, writing, perfection, rightness, work
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.
Quote by Al Alvarez about competition, money
I absolutely don't believe in anything. Full stop. Including luck.
Quote by Al Alvarez about originality, bad luck, good luck
I could think of worse ways of going than at the poker table.
Quote by Al Alvarez about opinion, poker
I had attacked the British poets' nervous preference for gentility above all else.
Quote by Al Alvarez about poetry, poets
I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients.
Quote by Al Alvarez about opinion, being, writers
I think one of the interesting things about poker is that once you let your ego in, you're done for.
Quote by Al Alvarez about poker, things
It's going to finish when I fold my hand and go up to the big poker game in the sky.
Quote by Al Alvarez about poker, end, games, sky
Now, if, as I think, writing should be, it's a kind of risky trade.
Quote by Al Alvarez about art, commerce, writing
The fact that we write about it doesn't mean we play better than ordinary players at all.
Quote by Al Alvarez about opinion
The point is that it looks like gambling because the language of the game is money.
Quote by Al Alvarez about poker, games, language, money
