Domansky Cerny Quotes & Sayings

A novel has to entertain
that's the contract with the reader: you give me ten hours and I'll give you a reason to turn every page. — Barbara Kingsolver

All those words of praise they use for novels - spare, economical. Why should I shell out £17 for economical? — Howard Jacobson

I am a wicked man ... But do you know, gentlemen, what was the main point about my wickedness? The whole thing, precisely was, the greatest nastiness precisely lay in my being shamefully conscious every moment, even in moments of the greatest bile, that I was not only not a wicked man but was not even an embittered man, that I was simply frightening sparrows in vain, and pleasing myself with it. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

We don't need any sort of religious orientation to lead a life that is ethical, compassionate & kind. — Sharon Salzberg

I bark my voice out through a closed throat, pretty much. It's more, perhaps, like a dog in some ways. It does have its limitations, but I'm learning different ways to keep it alive. — Tom Waits

and can you blame them? I mean, look at me," Cal said, one hand sweeping to take in his frame. — Jonathan P. Brazee

I get really tired of hearing of all these old rockers whine and complain about how hard life on the road can be. Just stop if you don't like it. I don't think of it as work. I love it all. — Edgar Winter