February 2012
9 posts
“I’m not sure how much more mileage I can get out of continuing to submit...”
– Evelyn the agent to Miles the wine-soaked writer, Sideways (2004)
January 2012
14 posts
“Monsters are tragic beings; they are born too tall, too strong, too heavy, they...”
– GODZILLA director Ishiro Honda.
this quote is synonymous with Honda’s legacy… so far as his wikipedia page is concerned, these were the most important words he ever spoke. they’re lovely and sure, they concisely capture the spirit of the films for which he is best remembered, but one of the...
“Most of what makes a book ‘good’ is that we are reading it at the right moment...”
– Alain de Botton (via austinkleon)
“Remember that there are only three kinds of things anyone need ever do. (1)...”
– C. S. Lewis, in a letter to Sarah, his godchild, on 3 April 1949 via Stan Carey (via bobulate, but I got it from Austin Kleon)
December 2011
8 posts
“If your subject is crime, then you know at least that you’re going to have...”
– Donald E. Westlake, in this 2006 AV Club interview.
November 2011
12 posts
“Awards have three things to offer: cash, confidence and bric-a-brac. A few offer...”
– Stephen Sondheim, from Look, I Made a Hat
“Just tell the truth, and they’ll accuse you of writing black humor.”
– Charles Willeford (via writingquotes)
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October 2011
22 posts
“You almost never see my name in print without the phrase cult writer glued to...”
– Dennis Cooper, in his Paris Review interview, Autumn 2011.
