When money gets too far away from actual, physical, real equity and property it gets too abstract and too distantly derived and… — Roy Blount, Jr Abstract Copy Share Image
An author is a person who can never take innocent pleasure in visiting a bookstore again. — Roy Blount, Jr Books Copy Share Image
I think what's really hard is making sense and making what you write clear and smooth-flowing. — Roy Blount, Jr Clear Copy Share Image
It was easy to make fun of Bush, but it was sort of like shooting fish in a barrel and it didn't… — Roy Blount, Jr Barrels Copy Share Image
I am open to the accusation that I see compost as an end it itself. But we do grow some real red… — Roy Blount, Jr Accusation Copy Share Image
A dog will make eye contact. A cat will, too, but a cat's eyes don't even look entirely warm-blooded to me, whereas… — Roy Blount, Jr Cat Copy Share Image
Ham's substantial, ham is fat. Ham is firm and sound. Ham's what God was getting at When He made pigs so round. — Roy Blount, Jr Cooking Copy Share Image
Obama's got a great sense of humor, but mainly he has a great thinking presence, which is uncommon. It's hard to imagine… — Roy Blount, Jr Able Copy Share Image
Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ. — Roy Blount, Jr Art Copy Share Image
I studied French in high school and German in college and I once took a 24-hour Italian crash course. English has by… — Roy Blount, Jr College Copy Share Image
Any given generation gives the next generation advice that the given generation should have been given by the previous generation but now… — Roy Blount, Jr Advice Copy Share Image
A picture's worth a thousand words? A library card's worth millions. — Roy Blount, Jr Cards Copy Share Image
Twitter. It's not a good sound, is it? If it were worth doing, there would be a better word for it. — Roy Blount, Jr Ifs Copy Share Image
A good book holds you down. It’s an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic. — Roy Blount, Jr Anchors Copy Share Image
Certainly people have said a lot of deeply unfortunate and stupid things in Southern accents, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong… — Roy Blount, Jr Accents Copy Share Image
