Gene Fowler

Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first decision to unseat one's own tooth. ”

The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from. ”

Love and memory last and will so endure till the game is called because of darkness. ”

For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives. ”

Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running. ”

Whatever one believes to be true either is true or becomes true in one's mind. ”

What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins. ”

He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled. ”

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in the movable parts of his mind. ”