Aphorisms Quote by Jean-Paul Malfatti

Most of my writing consists of an attempt to translate aphorisms into continuous prose.

— Northrop Frye

Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain.

— James Geary

The trick to writing an aphorism is to place a period at the point where you're inclined to say, "in other words…

— Robert Breault

Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like sushi, I…

— James Geary

I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories.

— James Geary

What are your Axioms, and Categories, and Systems, and Aphorisms? Words, words… Be not the slave of Words...

— Thomas Carlyle

As a writer, I try to turn my feelings and experiences into a different form entirely, something that gives me mastery over them and…

— Scott Spencer

“I know that, like many other writers, I have many faults, for I am the first to be dissatisfied with myself . . .…

— Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

“Written words have power. They evoke emotion, and that emotion demands a response.”

— Jenny Hayworth

An aphorism is a single sentence that totally exhausts its subject.

— Robert Breault

“Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Your words are the greatest power you have. The…

— Sonia Choquette

The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful…

— Samuel Johnson