Alcohol Quote by John L'Heureux

The smallest quantity of alcohol scares away novel ideas.

— Hermann von Helmholtz

There's something to be said for a likable character, but fiction has a way of upending our ordinary standards.

— Ben Dolnick

Most good fiction also has a character the writer seems to know more deeply than anyone can actually be known in life, but a…

— Nell Freudenberger

There are lots of unlikable characters in literature. It doesn't mean they're not fascinating.

— Lynne Tillman

Fiction is socially meaningful.

— David Guterson

I often wonder if all the writers who are alcoholics drink a lot because they aren't writing. It is not because they are writers…

— Natalie Goldberg

There's nothing quite as exciting or moving as the very finest literary non-fiction.

— Catherine Jinks

Important people are much more interesting when they are drunk and seem much more like human beings.

— Marilyn Monroe

All fiction comes from a little bit of reality, otherwise it would have no relevance. The fun is in innovation, take something real like…

— Garrison Keillor

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in…

— Jim Rohn

Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.

— Monica Johnson

Some writers take to drink, others take to audiences.

— Gore Vidal