Richard Stephens > Richard's Quotes

“Don't let yourself slip and get any perfect characters... keep them people, people, people, and don't let them get to be symbols.”
― Ernest Hemingway, On Writing

“Books. Cats. Life is Good.”
― Edward Gorey

“Colorful characters are the odd shaped pieces that fill the holes in life's puzzle.”
― Richard Stephens, Pirate Tales

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”
― Alan Greenspan

“I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.”
― Charles Dickens, Great Expectations