Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind...
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Source: High Hearts
“The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.”
Source: Venus Envy
Source: Rubyfruit Jungle
Source: High Hearts
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
Source: Murder Unleashed
“All decisions are made on insufficient evidence.”
Source: In Her Day
“One survey found that ten percent of Americans thought Joan of Arc was Noah's wife.”
“The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.”
“You can love more than one person at a time, and I don't give a damn what the self-help books say.”
Source: Full Cry: A Novel
“I've got splinters in my nose from the best publishing doors in town.”
“I think you can judge the level of success for any group of people by the reaction against it.”
“So often the truth is told with hate, and lies are told with love.”
Source: Bingo
Source: Poems
Source: In Her Day
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“Alcohol is an allergy of the body and an obsession of the mind.”
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
“Trouble is said to be good for an artist's soul but almost never is.”
“I believe in art that conceals art.”
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
“Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food.”
“We all want to leave our children the Garden of Eden and we wind up giving them hardscrabble.”
Source: Southern discomfort
“The only good thing ever done by a committee was the King James version.”
“compromise is the work of mature people.”
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“Dying's not so bad. At least I won't have to answer the telephone.”
Source: Venus Envy
“You're nothing in America if you don't have debt.”
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“I don't want to die. I think death is a greatly overrated experience.”
Source: Bingo
“The dead are the only people to have permanent dwellings.”
Source: Poems
“Where there is no faith, devils are a necessity.”
Source: Southern discomfort
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
“England is an aquarium, not a nation.”
Source: Starting from Scratch: A Different Kind of Writers' Manual
“Today we live in a society suffering from ethical rickets.”
“Dad could charm a dog off a meat wagon.”
Source: Bingo
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser
“friendship is love made bearable.”
Source: Rita Will: Memoir of a Literary Rabble-Rouser