4 Quotes & Sayings By Elaine Dundy

Elaine Dundy was born in New York City and educated at Hunter College and Columbia University. She had a distinguished career as an editor and writer, was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was awarded the O. Henry Prize for her short story "The Barrage". Her first novel, The Dud Avocado, was nominated for a National Book Award Read more

She is the author of numerous nonfiction works on art and literature including Art: A History: From Cave to Canvas, A New Heaven and a New Earth: The Religious Art of the Renaissance (with Margaret Doody) and The Sculpture of David Smith: A Study in the Context of Sigmund Freud. She has been a visiting professor at Yale University.

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For someone who likes to get around as much as I do, I really travel quite badly. Planes frighten me, boats bore me, trains make me dirty, cars make me car-sick. And practically nothing can equal the critical dismay with which I first greet the sight of new places. Elaine Dundy
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To accuse the American male of not bathing in Paris is merely to flatter him. Elaine Dundy
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You're not playing the game, " he said grimly. "English gossip isn't supposed to get back to the person it's about. Elaine Dundy