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

Quote by Gene Fowler

Topics: Writers Quotes

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

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

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in...

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in...

Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first...

Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first...

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

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

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a...

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a...

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

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

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

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper...

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper...

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

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

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament be read and taught as...

Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament be read and taught as...

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it,...

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it,...

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving,...

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving,...

I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right.

I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right.

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason...

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason...

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

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

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.