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Dorothy L Sayers: She always says,...

Dorothy L Sayers: She always says,...

She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run...

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Colette: Sit down and...

Colette: Sit down and...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can...

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Ellen Glasgow: No idea is...

Ellen Glasgow: No idea is...

No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be...

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Max Eastman: People who demand...

Max Eastman: People who demand...

People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status...

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Anthony Trollope: And above all...

Anthony Trollope: And above all...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is...

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Alvin Toffler: It is better...

Alvin Toffler: It is better...

It is better to err on the side of daring than the side of caution.

Source: In The...

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Mickey Spillane: Nobody reads a...

Mickey Spillane: Nobody reads a...

Nobody reads a mystery to get to the middle. They read it to get to the end. If it's a letdown, they won't buy...

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Robert Fulghum: All I really...

Robert Fulghum: All I really...

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Remember the...

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Robert Fulghum: Play fair. Don't...

Robert Fulghum: Play fair. Don't...

Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Source: All I...

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Louis L'Amour: It is often...

Louis L'Amour: It is often...

It is often said that one has but one life to live, but that is nonsense. For one who reads, there is no limit to the...

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Elias Canetti: It doesn't matter...

Elias Canetti: It doesn't matter...

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.

Source:...

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Elias Canetti: Success is the...

Elias Canetti: Success is the...

Success is the space one occupies in the newspaper. Success is one day's insolence.

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Ian Fleming: My mental hands...

Ian Fleming: My mental hands...

My mental hands were empty, and I felt I must do something as a counterirritant or antibody to my hysterical alarm at...

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Kenneth Grahame: Well, well, perhaps...

Kenneth Grahame: Well, well, perhaps...

Well, well, perhaps I am a bit of a talker. A popular fellow such as I am --my friends get round me --we chaff, we...

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R S Surtees: I'll fill hup...

R S Surtees: I'll fill hup...

I'll fill hup the chinks wi' cheese.

Source: Handley Cross, Ch. 1
-- R S...

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Sinclair Lewis: She did her...

Sinclair Lewis: She did her...

She did her work with the thoroughness of a mind that reveres details and never quite understands...

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Marguerite Duras: Nowhere is one...

Marguerite Duras: Nowhere is one...

Nowhere is one more alone than in Paris. . . and yet surrounded by crowds. Nowhere is one more likely to incur greater...

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Maria Edgeworth: An orator is...

Maria Edgeworth: An orator is...

An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact . . .

Source: Harrington, ch....

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Marcus Cato: I can pardon...

Marcus Cato: I can pardon...

I can pardon everyone's mistakes but my own.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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June Singer: Is it sufficient...

June Singer: Is it sufficient...

Is it sufficient that you have learned to drive the car, or shall we look and see what is under the hood? Most people...

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