Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

The biggest critics of my books are people who never read them.

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.

Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.

Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.

To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking -- and since it cannot, in order read more

To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking -- and since it cannot, in order to become its echo I have, in a way, to silence it. I bring to this incessant speech the decisiveness, the authority of my own silence.

That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.

That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.

Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite read more

Every writing career starts as a personal quest for sainthood, for self-betterment. Sooner or later, and as a rule quite soon, a man discovers that his pen accomplishes a lot more than his soul.