Art must take reality by surprise.

Quote by F Sagan

Topics: Art Quotes, Reality Quotes

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

One can never speak enough of the virtues, the dangers, the power of shared laughter.

Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms...

Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms...

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar...

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar...

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation...

If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation...

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh...

In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime,...

Authorship, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, is an infancy, a pastime,...

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Whoever is able to write a book and does not, it is as if he...

Whoever is able to write a book and does not, it is as if he...

My uncle out in Texas Can't even write his name He signs his checks with...

My uncle out in Texas Can't even write his name He signs his checks with...

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's...

If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's...

Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find...

Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...

Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never...