More from Gene Fowler

  1. A man should love two cities, its own and San Francisco.
  2. What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.
  3. Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind.
  4. He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.
  5. Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.
  6. The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.
  7. A book is never finished; it's abandoned.
  8. Men are not against you, they are merely for themselves.

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