Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Eugene Walter

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American writer Eugene Walter.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Eugene Walter

Eugene Ferdinand Walter, Jr. was an American screenwriter, poet, short-story author, actor, puppeteer, gourmet chef, cryptographer, translator, editor, costume designer and well-known raconteur. During his years in Paris, he was nicknamed Tum-te-tum. His friend Pat Conroy observed that Walter had lived a "pixilated wonderland of a life." Walter was labeled "Mobile's Renaissance Man" because of his diverse activities in many areas of the arts. In later life, he maintained a connection with Mobile by carrying a shoebox of Alabama red clay around Europe.

Summer in the deep South is not only a season, a climate, it's a dimension. Floating in it, one must be either proud or submerged. — © Eugene Walter
Summer in the deep South is not only a season, a climate, it's a dimension. Floating in it, one must be either proud or submerged.
I’ve had a great life, and it all happened because I didn’t plan any of it.
When all else fails, throw a party!
One of the things I most wanted to do in New York was to go to a performance by Martha Graham. For me, she's Miss Mattie T. Graham. I thought she needed something in the middle. If she's going to be an honorary Southerner, she's got to have something in the middle, so I just put an initial T and a period.
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