When I was a little kid, of course, I was brown all summer. That's because I was free as a bird- nothing to do but catch bugs all day.

Quote by Roy Blount Jr

Topics: Cute Summer Quotes

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word...

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word...

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting...

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting...

Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.

Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word...

The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

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...

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they...

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they...

My compositions deserve the medal, not me.

My compositions deserve the medal, not me.

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they...

Critics don't bother me because if I do badly, I know I'm bad before they...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that...

You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that...

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past...

He writes so well he makes me feel like putting the quill back in the...

He writes so well he makes me feel like putting the quill back in the...