Vance Bourjaily Professions : Novelist Born : September 17, 1922 Died : August 31, 2010 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Vance Bourjaily The mark of a good party is that you wake up the next morning wanting to change your name and start a new life in a different city. Vance Bourjaily party morning funny Every man, even the most blessed, needs a little more than average luck to survive this world. Vance Bourjaily blessed average men Now I am . . . like anyone with a strong preference for the fly rod, totally indifferent to how large a fish I catch by comparison with other fishermen. So when a fifteen-year-old called Fred, fishing deep in midsummer with a hideous plastic worm, caught a four and a half pounder . . . I naturally felt no resentment beyond wanting to break the kid's thumbs. Vance Bourjaily strong kids years Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors