J. P. Donleavy Quotes

“Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.”

“... With a slight miscalculated leap cleared to the iron picket fence. Put the fear of God into me, picket fences and balls don't mix.”

“Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.”

“Writing is turning life's worst moments into money.”

“O summer and soft wind. Relieves the heart and makes living cheaper.”

“Revenge is what I want. Nothing but pure unadulterated revenge. But my mother brought me up to be a lady.”

“See all the women seated, youth in their face lifts, old age in their hands.”

“New York City is where specks of dust aspire randomly with all their cunning to become grains of sand.”

“We think we are so strong but it is only when others try to prey on our weaknesses that we realize how frail we truly are.”-Skyla (from Twiceborn)”

“Today, women have as much of a place as protagonists and antagonist as men.”