Vidalez Quotes & Sayings

A fiction which is designed to inculcate an object wholly alien to the imagination sins against the first law of art; and if a writer of fiction narrow his scope to particulars so positive as polemical controversy in matters ecclesiastical, political or moral, his work may or may not be an able treatise, but it must be a very poor novel. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

A full description of a person's life, however uneventful or uninteresting, fills a large folder. — Henning Mankell

Suddenly Mrs. Reilly remembered the horrible night that she and Mr. Reilly had gone to Prytania to see Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in 'Red Dust.' In the heat and confusion that had followed their return home, nice Mr. Reilly had tried one of his indirect approaches, and Ignatius was conceived. Poor Mr. Reilly. He had never gone to another movie as long as he lived. — John Kennedy Toole

'The Ballad of Black Tom' was written, in part, during the latest round of arguments about H. P. Lovecraft's legacy as both a great writer and a prejudiced man. I grew up worshipping the guy, so this issue felt quite personal to me. — Victor LaValle

When the sales guys run the company, the product guys don't matter so much, and a lot of them just turn off. — Walter Isaacson

With faith come trials of faith, bringing increased faith. — Neil L. Andersen

Beyond the earth and the shadow
the brightness of our love will stay alive — Pablo Neruda