Alan Hoffman > Alan's Quotes

“I don't think writers are sacred, but words are. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones in the right order, you might nudge the world a little or make a poem that children will speak for you when you are dead.”
― Tom Stoppard, The Real Thing

“Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.”
― Steve Martin

“The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.”
― G.K. Chesterton

“All good children's stories are the same: young creature breaks rules, has incredible adventure, then returns home with the knowledge that aforementioned rules are there for a reason.

Of course, the actual message to the careful reader is: break rules as often as you can, because who the hell doesn't want to have an adventure?”
― Brian K. Vaughan, Saga, Volume 3