Quotes by Twain, Mark

A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in n >>

Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings >>

The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in the >>

Quotations about Fiction

Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but >>

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take >>

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels. >>

Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.

Twain, Mark