"There are few punishments too severe for a popular novel writer,"

-- S. S. Van Dine

#Punishment Quotes #Novel Quotes

“I had to learn compassion. Had to learn what it felt like to hate, and to forgive and to love and be loved. And to lose people close to me. Had to feel deep loneliness and sorrow. And then I could write.”
“A system of world order-preferably a system of world government -is mandatory... The proud nations someday will see the light and, for the common good and their own survival, yield up their precious sovereignty...”
“Most of the oils which are valued as scents are mixtures of substances; only the combined effect of these leads to the known result.”
“What were we spending so much time doing if not getting to know each other?”
“You should never form judgments from front page headlines. As with a contract, the fine print on the inside pages should be carefully studied.”
“I think that boxing is actually not as dangerous as the politics. In boxing, you're gonna get a bloody nose or a black eye. In politics you can obviously get either dioxin in the food or bullet in the head.”
“The colossal might of wickedness: how we love to locate it massively elsewhere. But so much of it comes down to what each one of us does between breakfast and bedtime.”
“I'm a fanatic about Irish music. I love its moody, modal and timeless quality. I'm different from some other composers, because I don't look at this as just a job. I think of music as art.”

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