Quotes from Gene Fowler

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

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

I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down.

Men are not against you, they are merely for themselves.

Every man should be allowed to love two cities, his own and San Francisco

A man who makes a one-dollar profit on his expense account is dishonest. A man who loses five cents on one is a damned fool.

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

If they haven't heard it before it's original.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.