Quotes by Rosten, Leo

If you are going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it. >>

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them. >>

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense. >>

Quotations about Writers and Writing

Life cannot defeat a writer who is in love with writing; for life itse >>

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. M >>

Writing is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. >>

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood. The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others.

Rosten, Leo