The moment of drifting into thought has been so clipped by modern technology. Our lives are filled with distraction with smartphones and all the rest. People are so locked into not being present.

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

Desiderius Erasmus

Aristotle taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.

Will Cuppy

I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We can't help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that it's taught writers.

David Mitchell

Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.

Ovid

Thou art a manGod is no moreThy own humanityLearn to adore

William Blake

To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.

Rita Mae Brown

Substitute damn every time you're inclined to write very; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

Mark Twain

She shook her head. She was so pale under the diffuse lamp-light that she looked almost transparent, as if Simon could have looked right through her. The way, he supposed, he always had.

Cassandra Clare

You know that day after day of, Oh God what am I going to do with myself feeling? The fear of the emptiness that it implies keeps me going.

Anish Kapoor

I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing.

Sam Ervin

I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.

Groucho Marx

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

Helen Keller