Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by George V. Higgins (American Novelist)

George Vincent Higgins (1939–99) was an American crime novelist, lawyer, newspaper columnist, and college professor. He authored 29 dialogue-rich crime novels such as The Friends of Eddie Coyle and established the Boston noir genre of gangster tales that spawned several popular films by followers in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

Born in Brockton, Massachusetts, Higgins was educated at Boston College. He earned an M.A. in English from Stanford. He obtained a law degree from the Boston College Law School and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1967. He worked in newspapers before becoming a successful attorney and then a federal prosecutor in Boston.

Higgins used his experience of lowlife and his observation of criminals at close quarters to telling effect in a spate of acclaimed literary thrillers. The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1972) was his first book, and he published many more, characteristically told almost wholly in a stylized version of Boston street-talk. His other notable titles include Cogan’s Trade (1974,) Kennedy for the Defense (1980,) Wonderful Years, Wonderful Years (1988,) and Swan Boats at Four (1995.)

Higgins also lectured at various colleges around Boston and produced On Writing: Advice for Those Who Write to Publish (Or Would Like to) (1991) to guide creative writing.

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Egotism is the art of seeing in yourself what others cannot see.
George V. Higgins
Topics: Egotism, Ego

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