Forgive me for not writing but this man is exhausting.

Whether I am writing about a man or woman makes no difference in terms of difficulty.

— Nick Hornby

I don't suppose a writing man ever really gets rid of his old crocus-yellow neckties. Sooner or later, I think, they show up in…

— J. D. Salinger

A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.

— Marcus Garvey

By speech first, but far more by writing, man has been able to put something of himself beyond death. In tradition and in books…

— Julian Huxley

The thing I want to really say is that I still mess up. I still go out there and say things on TV that…

— Sherri Shepherd

Forgive me if I sleep until I wake up.

— Charles Olson

I shouldn't have done that," I said. That was when I kissed him again. May God forgive me for this and all these things…

— Gabrielle Zevin

If we stay together, I'll have to forgive you over and over again, and if you're still in this, you'll have to forgive me…

— Veronica Roth

I love my children. That will never change. I have prayed to them for forgiveness and hope that they will forgive me. I never…

— Susan Smith

I hope that people learn from my mistake and I hope that the fans forgive me.

— Rafael Palmeiro

Oh, but my treasure, it is so much less exhausting. You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all…

— M. L. Stedman

Please forgive me. My pedicurist had a stroke. She fell forward onto the orange stick and plunged it into my toe. It required bandaging.

— Woody Allen

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.

— Catherine the Great

We had the city trying to demolish two of our exhibition spaces, which was at first pretty disturbing. But following the freak-out is the…

— Kirsha Kaechele

Forgive me for noting that conservatives seem to believe that the rich will work harder if we give them more, and the poor will…

— E. J. Dionne