Literature Quotes by Roman Payne

All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the person who creates good art.

— Roman Payne

“I regained my soul through literature after those times I'd lost it to wild-eyed gypsy girls on the European streets.”

— Roman Payne

“Looking back on my life, I sigh. The caprice of youth goes with the wind, I’ve no regrets.”

— Roman Payne

“Although I love elegant parties, dancing and dining and spending the night with a sweet woman in my arms, my life belongs…

— Roman Payne

“Ô, the wine of a woman from heaven is sent, more perfect than all that a man can invent.”

— Roman Payne

“Ô, wine!, the truth-serum so potent that all those who wish to live happy lives should abstain from drinking it entirely!... except…

— Roman Payne

“The ‘Muse’ is not an artistic mystery, but a mathematical equation. The gift are those ideas you think of as you drift…

— Roman Payne

“Apollinaire said a poet should be 'of his time.' I say objects of the Digital Age belong in newspapers, not literature. When…

— Roman Payne

“It was a time I slept in many rooms, called myself by many names. I wandered through the quarters of the city…

— Roman Payne

“I will always know the glory of the beautiful and rare, as they will know security from labour and prayer. As they…

— Roman Payne

“I'm not ashamed of heroic ambitions. If man and woman can only dance upon this earth for a few countable turns of…

— Roman Payne

“I’ve only been to jail a few times, but in several different countries, at that. No, I've only been to jail a…

— Roman Payne

“Who’s to say what a ‘literary life’ is? As long as you are writing often, and writing well, you don’t need to…

— Roman Payne

“Ô, the wine of a woman from heaven is sent, more perfect than all that a man can invent. When she came…

— Roman Payne

“When I met a truly beautiful girl, I would tell her that if she spent the night with me, I would write…

— Roman Payne

“Do we take less pride in the possession of our home because its walls were built by some unknown carpenter, its tapestries…

— Roman Payne