#tin

Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward. ↗

— Robert Frost

#circles #forward #himself #how #indicates

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second. ↗

— Robert Frost

#first #house #hydrant #off #opening

As thrilling as it was, speechwriting is ultimately frustrating for someone who wants to be a writer. ↗

— David Frum

#someone #thrilling #ultimately #wants #who

If right and left are competing to be the biggest victim, who is competing to be the government? ↗

— David Frum

#competing #government #left #right #victim

Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents. ↗

— David Frum

#ever #his #nobody #opponents #political

But I have been avoiding talking about what I'm doing now because it's frustrating for people to hear about things that aren't available yet. ↗

— John Frusciante

#available #avoiding #because #been #doing

I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#brilliance #detecting #fooled #high #i

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I'm getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I'm just trying not to get into that sort of state again. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#am #any #as far as #boat #closely

It is exhausting knowing that most of the time the phone rings, most of the time there's an email, most of the time there's a letter, someone wants something of you. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#exhausting #knowing #letter #most #phone

I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#down #home #i #like #myself