Weapons Quote by Christopher Moore

So that the life of a writer, whatever he might fancy to the contrary, was not so much a state of composition, as a…

— Laurence Sterne

“His weapons were kindness, attention, and compassion—and when victory was assured, he discarded them like spent casings, and his true nature emerged.”

— Liv Constantine

He had fought back with every weapon in his arsenal, being alternatively obtuse, evasive and pedantic, for it was wonderful how you could obscure…

— Anonymous

His foe was folly and his weapon wit.

— Anthony Hope

“fifty-six, his hour had come round. He was a paradox and would always remain one, a great tangle of calculated mannerisms and raw, uncalculated…

— Rick Atkinson

“[A] writer’s most powerful weapon, his true strength, was his intuition, and regardless of whether he had any talent, if the critics combined to…

— Félix J. Palma

“His language was, as I say, under great provocation, violent and unusual. He had a trick of using words which never were on land…

— Edgar Wallace

“He was back at the point of departure, at the place that filled writers with dread and excitement, for this was where they must…

— Felix J. Palma

“His intelligence was relentless and wild, a fire even he couldn't control. It swallowed entire books at a sitting, finding flaws in arguments, gaps…

— Ian Caldwell

He was intrigued by the power of words, not the literary words that filled the books in the library but the sharp, staccato words…

— Robert Cormier

“Once again, he wondered why all his talents involved violence and death. He”

— Ethan Cross

“He wrote very well in those days, as it happens, much better than he does now. He had absolute convictions, and style is nothing…

— Ricardo Piglia