Loitzi Quotes & Sayings

The brutal honesty of a friend is better than the fake flattery of an enemy. — Me

People of all countries have the right to choose their own social system and road to development in the light of their national conditions and characteristics. — Li Peng

People would ask if I wanted to host things and I was like, "No, I'm a writer, I don't host things." Just thinking I wouldn't be good at it - which is true - but also just wanting to hold on to some part of my identity. — Joel Stein

When you say Yes to God unconditionally, you have no idea how far this Yes is going to take you. Certainly farther than you can guess and calculate beforehand ... but just how far and in what form? At the same time, this Yes is the sole, non-negotiable prerequisite of all Christian understanding, of all theology and ecclesial wisdom. — Hans Urs Von Balthasar

This willingness continually to revise one's own location in order to place oneself in the path of beauty is the basic impulse underlying education. One submits oneself to other minds (teachers) in order to increase the chance that one will be looking in the right direction when a comet makes its sweep through a certain patch of sky. — Elaine Scarry

So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot. — Jeffery Deaver

Well, the idea is that failure is an inevitable partner on the road to success and, if you're not willing to confront failure, you can never find out how good you are. — Peter Guber