"Nothing on earth in fiction is less interesting……" — John L'Heureux
"Nothing on earth in fiction is less interesting than characters under the influence of alcohol."
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12 Quotes by John L'Heureux
John L'Heureux has 12 quotes on this site.
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Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got…
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Let good people sin. Give virtue to rotters.
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You must get beyond divertissement, sketch, anecdote, the interesting moment. You must get to the mystery of human personality. What…
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There's something about a parenthesis in fiction that puts one off, saying, "It's me, moi, jumping in now."
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Using language like jungle growth isn't the solution to telling a story.
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Plot does not simply move with time, but spreads out conceptually in metaphorical space.
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Uninvited criticism is insult.
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What a strange thing it is to recognize a sound like the shriek of a wounded animal, when you've never…
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A short story is a writer's way of thinking through experience... Journalism aims at accuracy, but fiction's aim is truth.…
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Sometimes, in that darkness, there is a single act of love, some selfless gesture, an aspiration, and we see that…
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Our salvation never comes in the form we would have chosen.
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More Alcohol Quotes
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one of 1,156 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
— Aristotle
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On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because…
— Michael Badnarik
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Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious…
— Michael Badnarik
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Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to…
— Dave Barry
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According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision…
— Xavier Becerra
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I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger,…
— Brendan Behan
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Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.
— Robert Benchley
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I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
— George Best
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
— Ambrose Bierce
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The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.
— Humphrey Bogart
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Never accept a drink from a urologist.
— Erma Bombeck
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Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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