Yehoshua Porath Quotes & Sayings

Operating by trial and error mostly, we've evolved a tacitly agreed upon list of the elements that make for a good fantasy. The first decision the aspiring fantasist must make is theological. King Arthur and Charlemagne were Christians. Siegfried and Sigurd the Volsung were pagans. My personal view is that pagans write better stories. When a writer is having fun, it shows, and pagans have more fun than Christians. Let's scrape Horace's Dulche et utile off the plate before we even start the banquet. We're writing for fun, not to provide moral instruction. I had much more fun with the Belgariad/Malloreon than you did, because I know where all the jokes are.
All right, then, for item number one, I chose paganism. (Note that Papa Tolkien, a devout Anglo-Catholic, took the same route.) — David Eddings

I don't make decisions based on money. — David Duchovny

I grew up in New York wanting to be like those funny men in the movies and on the radio. — George Carlin

I always look forward to working with Goldie because she's a great person to work with. — Kurt Russell

If you are with the quality, or at a funeral, or trying to go to sleep when you ain't sleepy - if you are anywheres where it won't do for you to scratch, why you will itch all over in upwards of a thousand places. — Mark Twain

The problem with being a pickup artist is that there are concepts like sincerity, genuineness, trust, and connection that are important to women. And all the techniques that are so effective in beginning a relationship violate every principle necessary to maintaining one. — Neil Strauss

Hitler was nice to dogs — Steve Coogan

Machination is worth more than force. — Francois Rabelais

Thank you," Emerson said, bowing his head and accepting the box with the tender hands of a parent holding a child. "I am indebted-"
"Don't be.This doesn't mean I like you or your politics any better," Heath said gruffly. — Lisa Kleypas

The state of health is a state of nonsensation, even nonreality. As soon as we cease to suffer, we cease to exist. — Emil Cioran

No, never regret destroying something written. Some things are best left hidden, especially if they can seriously hurt someone if they are found. — Lynne King

I think talking to other people can bring its own unhelpful baggage. Sometimes you just need to talk to an entity. The void. Your God. — Sophie Kinsella

I really love being a weirdo who writes a lot of different things for a lot of different ages. I have been considering doing a guide on my website so that a reader who liked one of my books could find the other books that he or she might like, because I know some of the books are really different from the rest. — Holly Black

Greece could default on its debts and even exit currency bloc if it cannot deliver reforms. — Lucas Papademos