Comeback Quotes

240 quotes by 224 authors

The head writer loves that my character is a boor. — Rob Corddry
I think it takes about a million words to make a writer. I mean that you're going to throw away. — Jerry Pournelle
My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer. — Taylor Caldwell
No, you're either born a writer, a storyteller, or you're not. — John Milius
No... a novel is a long business. I'm a slow writer, even when I'm doing very well I write slowly. — Octavia Butler
When you combine something to say with the skill to say it properly, then you've got a good writer. — Theodore Sturgeon
I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen. — John Millington Synge
I want to be a writer someday. — Andrea Barber
I suspect that writer's block afflicts mainly people who have some stable and ample source of income outside of writing. So far it hasn't been… — Fred Saberhagen
My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with… — Rick Derringer
We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. — Ferdinand Mount
If they had said my writing wasn't good enough, fair enough, that's an opinion. But to say it's too complex is to insult the intelligence… — Tanith Lee
Sometimes I think I might insult people by being openly flirtatious, then snatching it back. — Dominique Swain
Ultimately, there is no compromise. Westerners will either retain their civilization, including the right to insult and blaspheme, or not. — Daniel Pipes
People think that they just want movies like Pretty Woman, when really they - at least the ones that I know personally - have been… — Winona Ryder
The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate,… — Paul Prudhomme
Insults are pouring down on me as thick as hail. — Edouard Manet
Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults. — Haim Ginott
This pilot, by far, was the best I ever read - and I hope that insults every other pilot I worked on. — Will Arnett
To say 'we' and mean 'I' is one of the most recondite insults. — Theodor Adorno

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224 authors contributed a total of 240 Comeback Quotes, led by these top contributors: