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Gene Fowler
9 quotes
“That man was so much larger than life that there's no scale by which to measure him. Most of Wilson's dialogue, if put down on paper, seems either vulgar or obscene.”
Gene Fowler (1890–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Gene Fowler, as quoted by Anita Loos, Kiss Hollywood Goodbye, Viking Press, New York, 1974, : About Wilson Mizner
Also quoted by: Wilson Mizner
“Sometimes I think it sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.”
Gene Fowler (1890–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed without citation in Military Chaplains' Review, Chaplains, U.S. Army. (1981), p. 144
“What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.”
Gene Fowler (1890–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Skyline: A Reporter's Reminiscence of the 1920s (1961); as cited by Jonathon Green (1988) Says who?: a guide to the quotations of the century. p. 308
“A book is never finished; it's abandoned.”
Gene Fowler (1890–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in H. Allen Smith's The Life and Legend of Gene Fowler (1977); as cited by Paul Dickson (1990), The New Official Rules, p. 74
“Men are not against you, they are merely for themselves.”
Gene Fowler (1890–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Skyline: A Reporter's Reminiscence of the 1920s (1961) p. 105
“Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free of rust in the movable parts of the mind.”
Gene Fowler (1890–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Skyline: A Reporter's Reminiscence of the 1920s (1961), p. 99
“Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.”
Gene Fowler (1890–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed without citation in Janice R. Matthews et al. (2000) Successful Scientific Writing. p. 53
“The best way to become a successful writer is to read good writing, remember it, and then forget where you remember it from.”
Gene Fowler (1890–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed without citation in Blythe Camenson (2002) How to Sell, Then Write Your Nonfiction Book. p. 188
“He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it's bottled.”
Gene Fowler (1890–1960) said by 1960 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Attributed without citation in Judy Valon (2009) In Your 60s