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Sholem Asch: Writing comes more...

Sholem Asch: Writing comes more...

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

Source: In Webster's...

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Douglas Adams: In the beginning,...

Douglas Adams: In the beginning,...

In the beginning, the universe was created. This made a lot of people very angry, and has been widely regarded as a...

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Saul Bellow: Everybody needs his...

Saul Bellow: Everybody needs his...

Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.

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Romain Rolland: Skepticism, riddling the...

Romain Rolland: Skepticism, riddling the...

Skepticism, riddling the faith of yesterday, prepares the way for the faith of tomorrow.

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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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Anthony Hope: I wish you...

Anthony Hope: I wish you...

I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation.

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John Mortimer: I think I'm...

John Mortimer: I think I'm...

I think I'm thoroughly in favour of Mrs. Thatcher's visit to the Falklands. I find a bit of hesitation, though, about...

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Eden Phillpotts: The people sensible...

Eden Phillpotts: The people sensible...

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

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George Meredith: A human act...

George Meredith: A human act...

A human act once set in motion flows on forever to the great account. Our deathlessness is in what we do, not in what...

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Jack Kerouac: I don't know,...

Jack Kerouac: I don't know,...

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference!

Source: In The...

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John Sterling: There is no...

John Sterling: There is no...

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man...

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Gloria Naylor: Spoiled. That's all...

Gloria Naylor: Spoiled. That's all...

Spoiled. That's all it's about -- can't live without this, can't live without that. You can live without anything you...

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Edward Hoagland: The question of...

Edward Hoagland: The question of...

The question of whether it's God's green earth is not at center stage, except in the sense that if so, one is reminded...

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Gay Talese: Most journalists are...

Gay Talese: Most journalists are...

Most journalists are restless voyeurs who see the warts on the world, the imperfections in people and places. . . ....

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Malcolm Bradbury: Only the old...

Malcolm Bradbury: Only the old...

Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of...

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Arnold Bennett: Does there, I...

Arnold Bennett: Does there, I...

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is...

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Charles Reade: A wife is...

Charles Reade: A wife is...

A wife is essential to great longevity; she is the receptacle of half a man's cares, and two-thirds of his...

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Nella Larsen: It was ....

Nella Larsen: It was ....

It was . . . enough to suffer as a woman, an individual, on one's own account, without having to suffer for the race...

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Angus Wilson: He would give...

Angus Wilson: He would give...

He would give them his every imitation from 'Eton and Oxford' to the flushing of the lavatory cistern, and so,...

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Wilhelm Stekel: Statistics is the...

Wilhelm Stekel: Statistics is the...

Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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