O. Henry Professions : Writer Born : September 11, 1862 Died : June 5, 1910 Browse All Authors Top 103 quotes by O. Henry The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to Fortune. O. Henry road who eye fortune I have been called 'The American De Maupassant.' Well, I never wrote a filthy word in my life, and I don't like to be compared to a filthy writer. O. Henry my-life never like life I never have time to read now. I did all my reading before I was twenty. O. Henry never now reading time Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors