Ends Quote by Stanley Elkin Download Open image “I would never write about anyone who is not at the end of his rope.” — Stanley Elkin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Ends Inspirational Rope Writing
Don't talk about a rope in the house of someone whose father was hung. — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
“If I’d just quit making ropes I’d no longer be at the end of one.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
A writer should never allow himself to be lulled out of the vigilance native to his profession. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
“Because all books ARE the Book of Job -- man in the crucible like Jack in the Box....” — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
“Not just the celibacy thing but because he has God’s ear, a line on the mysteries. That’s impressive to girls.” — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
“Even the sky a hybrid — here clean and black and starred, there roiling with a brusque signature of cloud or piled in strata… — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
Like most people of my generation, I fell in love with the philosophy of existentialism. There is no particular religious tradition in my work.… — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
The peculiar dignity of men seen eating alone in restaurants on national holidays — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
But it's hard to talk about art. Maybe there should be a law against it, some First Amendment gag order like crying fire in… — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
I don't believe less is more. I believe that more is more. I believe that less is less, fat fat, thin thin and enough… — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
“There’s something comforting, almost soothing, about realism, and it’s nothing to do with shocks of recognition — well it wouldn’t, since shocks never console… — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
Life's tallest order is to keep the feelings up, to make two dollars' worth of euphoria go the distance. And life can't do that.… — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
“It’s like everything else. The price of Torahs is higher in Alaska.” — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars,… — Bruce Springsteen 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
Bush reiterated his stand to conservatives opposing his decision on stem cell research. He said today he believes life begins at conception and ends… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience. — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's just enough for me to have the idea. I don't need to see it through to the end. When it actually happens,… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
At the end of night, before you close your eyes, be content with what you've done and be proud of who you are. — Steve Almond Copy Share Image
it is the brevity of life which makes it tolerable; its experiences have value because they have an end. — Winifred Holtby Copy Share Image
I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad… — Tom Segev Copy Share Image
Believe to the end, even if all men went astray and you were left the only one faithful; bring your offering even then and… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
