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Arnold Bennett: All wrong doing...

Arnold Bennett: All wrong doing...

All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.

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Andre Gide: One doesn't discover...

Andre Gide: One doesn't discover...

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long...

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Jean Paul: Cares are often...

Jean Paul: Cares are often...

Cares are often more difficult to throw off than sorrows; the latter die with time, the former...

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Herman Wouk: I regard the...

Herman Wouk: I regard the...

I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.

Source: In...

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Tom Clancy: Nothing is as...

Tom Clancy: Nothing is as...

Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not...

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Umberto Eco: A dream is...

Umberto Eco: A dream is...

A dream is a scripture, and many scriptures are nothing but dreams.

Source: Brother...

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Robert Ludlum: Through divine or...

Robert Ludlum: Through divine or...

Through divine or demonic providence a concept is generated that fules the firs of his imagination. He is convinced it...

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Edward Westcott: If I've done...

Edward Westcott: If I've done...

If I've done anything I'm sorry for, I'm willing to be forgiven.

Source: In Rand...

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Rudolph Fisher: In Harlem, black...

Rudolph Fisher: In Harlem, black...

In Harlem, black was white. You had rights that could not be denied you; you had privileges, protected by law. And you...

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Rose Tremain: Life is not...

Rose Tremain: Life is not...

Life is not a dress rehearsal.

Source: In the Sunday Correspondent (London), 24 Dec...

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Ben Hecht: Prejudice is a...

Ben Hecht: Prejudice is a...

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.

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Saul Bellow: Any artist should...

Saul Bellow: Any artist should...

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason...

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Hugh Walpole: The whole secret...

Hugh Walpole: The whole secret...

The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and a thousand other things...

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Andre Gide: The want of...

Andre Gide: The want of...

The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains...

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Andre Gide: Art is a...

Andre Gide: Art is a...

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the...

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Francois Mauriac: I write whenever...

Francois Mauriac: I write whenever...

I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted. When I...

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Olive Schreiner: The troubles of...

Olive Schreiner: The troubles of...

The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will...

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Alex Haley: Nobody can do...

Alex Haley: Nobody can do...

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of...

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Alex Haley: In my writing,...

Alex Haley: In my writing,...

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.

Source:...

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Don Delillo: Hardship makes the...

Don Delillo: Hardship makes the...

Hardship makes the world obscure.

Source: James Axton, in The Names, ch. 12...

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