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10 Gene Fowler Quotes

Gene Fowler offers blunt, funny reflections on writing, blood, and mental rust, a good fit for anyone who likes dark humor.

Gene Fowler quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  9. A man should love two cities, its own and San Francisco.

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  10. Wilson Mizner

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