Quethtionth Quotes

#1. I'm an Igor, thur. We don't athk quethtionth."
"Really? Why not?"
"I don't know, thur. I didn't athk.

Terry Pratchett

#2. I start with an image, then I go from the image toward exploring the situation. Then I write a scene, and from the scene I find the character, from the character I find the larger plot. It's like deductive reasoning - I start with the smaller stuff and work backward.

Dan Chaon

#3. Against the coming in of evil I may do much,' she answered. 'But against the going out of those who will go, nothing.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#4. As she put it, she knew of nothing so ravishing as having a child whom she could whip whenever she was in a bad mood.
("The Queen Fantasque")

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#5. There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.

John Henry Newman

#6. Well we kind of tried to kill each other in a duel to the death."
"I see. You tried the diplomatic approach.

Rick Riordan

#7. Amos, talk about pearls for teeth ... you got 'em. No wonder the boys go for you, because I could too and if I had something to push between those pearly teeth I'd be first in line.

James Purdy

#8. If someone said, "Would you like to do the period drama?," I'd say, "Hell, yeah! I'd love to do that!" To dig into history and do a story in some period would be great.

Steve Pink

#9. What kind of a world do we live in that has room for dog yoga but not for Esperanto?

Arika Okrent