Quotes from Gene Fowler

Whatever one believes to be true either is true or becomes true in one's mind.

Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.

News is history shot on the wing.

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

Don't be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts.

Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and then make it brief.

Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own tooth.

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.

Love and memory last and will so endure till the game is called because of darkness.

Psychoanalysts seem to be long on information and short on application.

He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.

What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

News is history shot on the wing.

News is history shot on the wing. The huntsmen from the Fourth Estate seek to bag only the peacock or the eagle of the swifting day.

Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.

A book is never finished; it's abandoned.

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

Don't be dismayed by the opinions of editors, or critics. They are only the traffic cops of the arts.

Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer you get to the end, the faster it goes. Patricia Bourque