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Mae West: I wrote the...

Mae West: I wrote the...

I wrote the story myself. It's all about a girl who lost her reputation but never missed...

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Robert Frost: The difference between...

Robert Frost: The difference between...

The difference between a man and his valet: they both smoke the same cigars, but only one pays for...

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Andrew Schneider: Talking is what...

Andrew Schneider: Talking is what...

Talking is what I do... i t's a real need with me, a craving, I'm like a word junkie. I never shut up. I talk to...

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Dustin Hoffman: One thing about...

Dustin Hoffman: One thing about...

One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. ...

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Sylvester Stallone: I am a...

Sylvester Stallone: I am a...

I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my...

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Yul Brynner: I am just...

Yul Brynner: I am just...

I am just a nice, clean-cut Mongolian boy.

Source: Self-description; in NY Post, 24...

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Yul Brynner: Girls have an...

Yul Brynner: Girls have an...

Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being...

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Marlon Brando: Acting is the...

Marlon Brando: Acting is the...

Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. . . . The principal benefit acting has afforded me...

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Michael Caine: The best research...

Michael Caine: The best research...

The best research [for playing a drunk] is being a British actor for 20 years.

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Ralph Richardson: You've got to...

Ralph Richardson: You've got to...

You've got to perform in a role hundreds of times. In keeping it fresh one can become a large, madly humming, demented...

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Luigi Pirandello: A fact is...

Luigi Pirandello: A fact is...

A fact is like a sack --it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the...

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Imamu Amiri Baraka: Thought is more...

Imamu Amiri Baraka: Thought is more...

Thought is more important than art. . . . To revere art and have no understanding of the process that forces it into...

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Richard Armour: I've suffered from...

Richard Armour: I've suffered from...

I've suffered from all of the hang-ups known,
And none is as bad as the telephone.


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Allen Ginsberg: The only thing...

Allen Ginsberg: The only thing...

The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry...

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Rupert Brooke: A pulse in...

Rupert Brooke: A pulse in...

A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given.
Her sights and sounds;...

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Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Stevie Smith: Marred pleasure's best,...

Marred pleasure's best, shadow makes the sun strong.

Source: The Queen and the...

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Diane Wakoski: I write in...

Diane Wakoski: I write in...

I write in the first person because I have always wanted to make my life more interesting than it...

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Tobias Smollett: Who bravely dares...

Tobias Smollett: Who bravely dares...

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

Source: In Instant Quotation...

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Theodore Roethke: A lively understandable...

Theodore Roethke: A lively understandable...

A lively understandable spirit
Once entertained you.
It will come again.
Be...

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Delmore Schwartz: Even paranoids have...

Delmore Schwartz: Even paranoids have...

Even paranoids have real enemies.

Source:
-- Delmore Schwartz, ( 1913-1966),...

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