Vronik Quotes & Sayings

In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines
Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines
In two straight lines they broke their bread
And brushed their teeth and went to bed.
They left the house at half past nine
In two straight lines in rain or shine-
The smallest one was Madeline. — Ludwig Bemelmans

And if I'm guilty of having gratuitous sex, then I'm also guilty of having gratuitous violence, and gratuitous feasting, and gratuitous description of clothes, and gratuitous heraldry, because very little of this is necessary to advance the plot. But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about is advancing the plot, why read novels? We can just read Cliffs Notes.
A novel for me is an immersive experience where I feel as if I have lived it and that I've tasted the food and experienced the sex and experienced the terror of battle. So I want all of the detail, all of the sensory things - whether it's a good experience, or a bad experience, I want to put the reader through it. To that mind, detail is necessary, showing not telling is necessary, and nothing is gratuitous. — George R R Martin

It would show hugely if I didn't want to be somewhere. Doing what you want to do can only generate good energy. — Amanda Burton

Look at her. She does blossom under kindness. Just like a rose, opening her petals. — Sylvain Reynard

The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains. — Hesiod

In order to be the best, you have to know your breaking point-go to the edge of it, but never go beyond. — Rebecca Twigg

It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great. — Gabrielle Reece

Did you ever see so many pee-wee hats, Carl?"
"They're beanies."
"They call them pee-wees in Brooklyn."
"But I'm not in Brooklyn."
"But you're still a Brooklynite."
"I wouldn't want that to get around, Annie."
"You don't mean that, Carl."
"Ah, we might as well call them beanies, Annie."
"Why?"
"When in Rome do as the Romans do."
"Do they call them beanies in Rome?" she asked artlessly.
"This is the silliest conversation ... — Betty Smith

If a woman has been married three years or more, you come to learn that she's usually easier to sleep with than a single woman. — Neil Strauss

A true masterpiece does not tell everything. — Albert Camus