Quotes of the Week

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.
—Vladimir Nabokov

Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
—P.J. O’Rourke

What I write is smarter than I am, because I can re-write it.
—Susan Sontag

Your naked body should only belong to those who fall in love with your naked soul.
—Charlie Chaplin

The worst crime you can commit is telling the audience something they already know.
—Aaron Sorkin

Don’t rush or force the ending… . All you have to know is the next scene, or the next few scenes.
—Chuck Palahniuk

If an adverb became a character in one of my books, I'd have it shot. Immediately.
—Elmore Leonard