Latrell Scott Quotes & Sayings

Art is the triumph over chaos. — John Cheever

It is not things in themselves which trouble us, but our opinions of things. — Epictetus

It is indeed certain, that whoever attempts any common topick, will find unexpected coincidences of his thoughts with those of other writers; nor can the nicest judgment always distinguish accidental similitude from artful imitation. — Samuel Johnson

Memoir done right is an art, a made thing. It's not just raw reportage flung splat on the page. — Mary Karr

Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow. — Joseph Heller

The most defeatist thing I hear is, "I'm going to give it a couple of years." You can't set a clock for yourself. If you do, you are not a writer. You should want it so badly that you don't have a choice. You have to commit for the long haul. There's no shame in being a starving artist. Get a day job, but don't get too good at it. It will take you away from your writing. — Matthew Weiner

'Constitutional' is just a real pip of a word. Positively rolls off the tongue. In fact, it's downright fun to say. 'Con-stit-too-shun-al.' It's the verbal equivalent of skipping down the street with an ice cream cone in your hand. It's like a semantic bag of Lays potato chips. You simply can't just say it once. — Paul Feig

For what are called criminals nowadays are not criminals at all. Starvation, and not sin, is the parent of modern crime. That indeed is the reason why our criminals are, as a class, so absolutely uninteresting from any psychological point of view. They are not marvellous Macbeths and terrible Vautrins. They are merely what ordinary, respectable, commonplace people would be if they had not got enough to eat. — Oscar Wilde

Just because you love someone is no reason to marry them. — Stuart Wilde

All forms of human happiness contain within themselves the seeds of their own decomposition. — Theodore Dalrymple