Say Quotes

Jean Paul Sartre says in “No Exit” that hell is other people. Well, our task in life is to make it heaven. Or at least earth.

You can’t always say what you’d like to say.

It was better walk with dignity than ride in shame. A lot of people in Cincinnati are saying, “Rather than have the continual problems of police brutality and economic disparity,

I’d say my greatest fear is fear itself.

The fear of saying something stupid (which stupid people never have) has censored far more good ideas than bad ones.

People are saying that I’m an alcoholic, and that’s not true, because I only drink when I work, and I’m a workaholic.

The true writer has nothing to say. What counts is the way he says it.

Oh, I’m not a true genius. I’m a near genius. I would say I’m a short genius. I’d rather be tall and normal than a short genius.

I love the fact publishers are still publishing unprofitable material. It’s a challenge to the powers that be. It’s saying there is a real literature in this country and we will keep publishing it.

I’m not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.