Moments Quote by J. P. Donleavy Download Open image “Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.” — J. P. Donleavy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Moments Money Time Worst Worst Mom Writing
It troubles me that people speak about writing for money as ugly and distasteful. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
The worst thing that ever happened to writing is that it became a business, The purpose of business is to make money, and to… — Dagobert D. Runes Copy Share Image
Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing. — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
Writing is like going to bed with a beautiful woman and afterwards she gets up, goes to her purse and gives me a handful… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family. — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
Food Throwers: Begun usually by estranged couples, once this victual flinging starts, everyone will do it...Should your dinner party have become an out of… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
I remember one letter from a girl in a midwestern town who read one of my books and thought she had discovered it- that… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
Blessed are they who in this sea of frailty, climb aboard a piece of ass as it floats by. — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
The best book of the year, Grobel's writing is quite marvelous. The Hustons reads vividly, just like one of John Huston's great films. — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
Expect the worst And that's what You'll get Only it will be Much worse. — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
When I die, I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin. I wonder… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
The inhabitants will always see both sides of an argument so long as it can result in a fight. — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
When I die I want to decompose in a barrel of porter and have it served in all the pubs in Dublin. — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
Sometimes you write and you find yourself almost wondering how it will turn out. I don't think every writer sort of almost admits that… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
And no. I must not go on thinking. For the pain will never go away. You just go on and live. In the dust… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
These joys were so trifling as to be as imperceptible as grains of gold among the sand, and in moments of depression she saw… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Because after you've crossed some lines, you just keep crossing them. And there's no escaping from constant escape. Distracting ourselves. Avoiding confrontation. Getting past… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
It's those moments, those odd moments that you look for and sometimes by creating this kind of loose atmosphere you find those little moments… — Barry Levinson Copy Share Image
Well, The Day the Earth Caught Fire was a story... I don't if anybody knows what it is but it was about... in the… — Val Guest Copy Share Image
One of the best moments of any Liars show is hearing the crowd squawk 'We're doomed! We're doomed!' on cue during 'We Fenced Other… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
A lesser complaint: hair extensions. There are moments on 'All My Children' when half the women actors, young and old, seem to be afflicted… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
There is plenty of time for Republicans to have a Macaca moment. But right now, as of October 17, 2014, the Republican Senate candidates… — Matthew Continetti Copy Share Image
Love is like that, fragile and light. No wonder it rests upon our hearts in intangible moments, bids us follow fleeting thoughts and ideas… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When we are capable of living in the moment free from the tyranny of "shoulds," free from the nagging sensation that this moment isn't… — Joan Z. Borysenko Copy Share Image
Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form. — Adam Zagajewski Copy Share Image
Don't even think for a moment that you are not going to die. — Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche Copy Share Image
