"The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people."

-- Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

#Numbers Quotes #People Quotes #Misery Quotes

“Loving dogs is a question of anthropomorphism. We become attached to dogs because of the feelings we project on them.”
“Have you met the French? My...GOD they know how to party!”
“So in his very politically-incorrect way, I think [James Mattis] is a good counterpart to Donald Trump, who doesn't read books.”
“So many good things have happened to me in the game of baseball. When I do allow myself a chance to think about it, it's almost like a storybook career. You feel so blessed to have been able to compete this long.”
“The peculiar need to write is increased, it seems, rather than allayed with practice.”
“To love very much is to love inadequately; we love-that is all. Love cannot be modified without being nullified. Love is a short word but it contains everything. Love means the body, the soul, the life, the entire being. We feel love as we feel the warmth of our blood, we breathe love as we breathe the air, we hold it in ourselves as we hold our thoughts. Nothing more exists for us. Love is not a word; it is a wordless state indicated by four letters.”
“You're basically on set to help the production. You're helping the actors make it make sense, or maybe you wrote something that doesn't work in the production sense. Most of it is coming up with jokes.”
“When you go out with a drunk, youâ€™ll notice how a drunk fills your glass so he can empty his own. As long as youâ€™re drinking, drinking is okay. Twoâ€™s company. Drinking is fun. If thereâ€™s a bottle, even if your glass isnâ€™t empty, a drunk, heâ€™ll pour a little in your glass before he fills his own. This only looks like generosity.”

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