Gene Fowler

"That man was so much larger than life that there's no scale by which to measure him. Most of Wilson's dialogue, if put down on paper, seems either vulgar or obscene."

"Sometimes I think it sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running."

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

"A book is never finished; it's abandoned."

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

"Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free of rust in the movable parts of the mind."

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

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

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