My big dream back then was to buy an IBM Selectric. I still have that dream. I really ought to buy a word-processor. Half the cabbies at Rocky own computers. They tell me they can write failed novels ten times… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
A lot of artists start out as failed poets, then move on to being failed short-story writers before they finally break through to the big time and become failed novelists. — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“The big house... reminded me of the types of structures you can still see in places like Center City: gingerbread houses, two-story affairs built… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing about writing. You get so balled up in a story idea that you lose your perspective and forget that human… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“I don't think there is anything that annoys me as much as having to "be" somewhere. It seems like every bad thing that ever… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“My imagination was running amok again. Twice in one night. This never happens when I’m sitting in front of a typewriter.” — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“Writers, even unpublished writers, have a tendency not to notice what’s going on around them when they are the center of attention.” — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
Being a cab river is not unlike being a magician--minus the top hat, the cape, the rabbit, an the gorgeous assistant. But you do… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“Golf baffles me. They says it’s a sport, and I have to take their word for it, but anything that involves having fun while… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“To me, knowing how to do something is like cheating. That's why I never studied in grade school. Studying made passing tests too easy.… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“My fake weekend has begun. I always take Tuesday off, unless my rent is due and I need to pick up some extra cash.… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
“TGIF," I said aloud even though it was only Thursday. But I was alone in my apartment as far as I knew. I deliberately… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
Work/Loaf Ratio”...I have spent fourteen years perfecting... I won't bore you with a long-winded explanation of the “W/LR” save to say that it is… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
