Books Quote by Anonymous

An author is a fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on boring future generations

— Charles De Montesquieu

Author: A fool who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting generations to come.

— Anonymous

“Anyone who thinks life is boring hasn't lived”

— Fred Cooper

“If living is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of…

— Jane Smiley

“Boring people live boring lives.”

— Habeeb Akande

“Life is a book that someone else is reading—and you, a key character—hence the need for continual conflict and resolution. We can't have any…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

As a writer one has to take the chance on being a fool.

— Anne Sexton

“A sensible person does not read a novel as a task. He reads it as a diversion. He is prepared to interest himself in…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Quite often, too, a writer who has for a time been believed to possess a great store of ordinarily profound ideas, and who is…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“A wise man once said that the opposite of being alive is being boring, so for God’s sake, don’t be boring !”

— Cameron Jace

“You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.”

— Don Roff

“This book is for the people who don't want to pick a single focus and abandon all their other interests. It's for the curious,…

— Emilie Wapnick