"Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting."

-- John Hodgman

#Creating Quotes #Interesting Quotes #Fake Quotes

“Type should be beautiful â€” Screw readable!”
“Thought kissin' ass was in my blood type? Oh, negative.”
“Despite my inability to qualify to qualify in South Africa, I did really appreciate the support I got from the IOC particularly the Olympic Solidarity, members of the ICF, my own National Olympic Committee, friends and athletes from the Slalom Community. When I got the wild card, it was the cherry on the cake that I could not have imagined. It was much more than I expected for myself.”
“Most true believers, when faced with evidence that contradicts their beliefs, will hold on to those beliefs even more strongly.”
“You are the noblest, purest creature I've ever met. The universe will be a darker place without you," he whispered.”
“Hockey is a fast, body-contact game played by men with clubs in their hands and knives laced to their feet.”
“Our life is a book that writes itself and whose principal themes sometimes escape us. We are like characters in a novel who do not always understand what the author wants of them.”

Source : Julien Green (1964). “Diary, 1928-1957”, London, Collins
“Memoir is actually the most egoless genre, even though it might seem ostensibly so much ego-driven. In order for it to succeed, you have to dissolve the self into these larger universal truths, and explore these deeper mysteries. If itâ€™s purely autobiographical and ego-driven, itâ€™s going to fail.”

Source : "Conversations With Writers Braver Than Me: Nick Flynn". Interview with Sari Botton, therumpus.net. January 24, 2011.

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