Tanselle Quotes & Sayings

I just had this feeling that, if I were to get into a fight, somehow I would have the ability to fight back, just based on playing 'Street Fighter' for so many years of my life. It's almost like I actually learned martial arts. — Bryan Lee O'Malley

To delete our memory to zero! A completely new life! . This is a fantastic idea! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. — Sol Stein

She wondered how a man could look into a woman's eyes and lie so completely, so convincingly. She wondered how he could have looked and not seen the love that had glowed there, the blind faith, the unconditional devotion. She wondered how he would sleep at night, knowing he had betrayed her so effortlessly. — V.S. Carnes

Painting isn't made for the decoration of apartments; it is a weapon to be used offensively and defensively against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso

Take the year a country first reaches 50% literacy and add one or two generations to allow the idea to sink in and, democracy, more or less automatically, appears. — Gwynne Dyer

I'm Dangerous, is what the fuck I am. — Laken Cane

Every time there's a list of the 100 greatest records of all time, all those albums were recorded in two days. Hardly any of them took a year, I'll tell you. In this day and age, I think it's important that people know that. — Jack White

You're not too tall," Dunk blurted out. "You're just right for ... " He realized what he had been about to say, and blushed furiously. "For?" said Tanselle, cocking her head inquisitively. "Puppets," he finished lamely. — Robert Silverberg