Ny Times Quotes

#1. I read the NY Times but I don't trust all of it.

David Byrne

#2. Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint conclusion that the purpose of writing fiction was "a way out of loneliness."
(NY Times article on the memorial service of David Foster Wallace.)

Jonathan Franzen

#3. When I'm crusty and old, either of these two sentences will be constantly uttered by my wrinkled mouth.

Yes, I was once on the NY Times Best Seller's List,or,Yeah, I wrote that book that only earned a few pennies

Either of the two makes me a writer, and that's what matters.

Vergielyn

#4. Nobody knows this crime territory better than Mark Langan. His authentic experience proves that he is an expert in telling a story worth listening to. --Alex Kava, NY Times Bestselling Crime Novelist

Mark Langan

#5. I learned everything about fashion during my time at the 'NY Times.'

George Kotsiopoulos

#6. Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.

Henning Mankell

#7. Maybe he knew I'd need to smile.

Kiera Cass

#8. Wonderland is violent and bizarre, but charming in its way. AnyElsewhere is a whole new level of cruelty.

A.G. Howard

#9. Sin is a fundamental failure to rejoice in what we should rejoice in.

Matt Chandler

#10. With a thousand eyes, the river looked at him

Hermann Hesse

#11. Given that Socrates was effectively assassinated by poison, you might think twice before accepting his invitation to breakfast.

Robert Rowland Smith

#12. The novels that get praised in the NY Review of Books aren't worth reading. Ninety-seven percent of science fiction is adolescent rubbish, but good science fiction is the best and only literature of our times.

Robert Anton Wilson

#13. Anxiety is stemmed from worrying about the past and worrying about the future!

John Di Lemme

#14. Let dull critics feed upon the carcases of plays; give me the taste and the dressing.

Bill Vaughan

#15. People think that writing is writing, but actually writing is editing. Otherwise, you're just taking notes

Chris Abani

#16. The process of gathering spiritual light is the quest of a lifetime.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf