Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give >>

Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do. >>

Sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat, will not find his >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first. >>

Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it o >>

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who a >>

Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements.

Johnson, Samuel