Re: What's your favorite quote?

[Robert Busch <robert -at- FOCSYS -dot- FOCUS-SYSTEMS -dot- ON -dot- CA>]

Well, here's a sample of quotes I found in one of my favorite books:
"1911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said", by Robert Byrne. Good for hours
of fun for the whole family!

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"Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for
it." -- Russell Lynes

"Why do writers write? Because it isn't there." -- Thomas Berger
     **note: this is particularly true for technical writers,
             unfortunately. <g>

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

"Sometimes when reading Goethe I have a paralyzing suspicion that he
is trying to be funny." -- Guy Davenport

"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I
ever met." -- Abraham Lincoln

"If you were a member of Jesse James's band and people asked you what
you were, you wouldn't say 'Well, I'm a desperado.' You'd say
something like, 'I work in banks,' or 'I've done some railroad work.'
It took me a long time just to say 'I'm a writer.' It's really
embarrassing." -- Roy Blount, Jr.

"All writing is garbage." -- Antonin Artaud

"Great Moments in Literature: In 1936, Ernest Hemingway, while trout
fishing, caught a carp and decided not to write about it." -- Guindon
cartoon caption

"The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't
help it." -- Leo Rosten

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Robert Busch
robert -at- focus-systems -dot- on -dot- ca
Focus Automation Systems Inc.
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada