Irony Quote by William S. Wilson

“Sometimes life kicks you in the teeth with an irony that a self-respecting fiction writer would be ashamed to invent.”

— David Morrell

“People need irony in order to build interpersonal trust based on self-knowledge, humor and critical thinking.”

— Hanzi Freinacht

“Irony keeps reality at a distance. It has become our primary method for combatting the external world’s incompatibility with our own desires. Today’s irony…

— Ian Bogost

I feel that there's hardly any irony in my work; if there's anything, there'll be sincerity, which people sometimes find hard to deal with.

— Patricia Piccinini

“Many writers are recognized for their PHD mentality--Poor, Hungry and Driven.”

— Trish Jackson

“You should prefer a good scientist without literary abilities than a literate one without scientific skills.” Andrew”

— Jody Swarbrick

“Being clever was, after all, my primary source of self-esteem. I’m a very sad person, in all senses of the word, but at least…

— Alice Oseman

“Quite often, too, a writer who has for a time been believed to possess a great store of ordinarily profound ideas, and who is…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Frightened people often miss irony.”

— Donald Charles Davis

There are elements of irony in my work, of course.

— Martin Parr

“It is a misfortune to be in the presence of a writer, even a failed writer, to be seen by him, be his passing…

— Manu Joseph

“It's always difficult when people compare me unfavorably with other contemporary writers. It's much easier when they use examples from earlier eras of fiction.…

— Tad Williams