Linux Art

If it were thought that anything I wrote was influenced by Robert Frost,
I would take that particular work of mine, shred it, and flush it down
the toilet, hoping not to clog the pipes.  A more sententious, holding-
forth old bore who expected every hero-worshiping adenoidal little twerp
of a student-poet to hang on to his every word I never saw.
                -- James Dickey

If life is a stage, I want some better lighting.

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient
evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
                -- Fran Lebowitz, "Metropolitan Life"

If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know.
                -- Louis Armstrong

If you lose a son you can always get another, but there's only one
Maltese Falcon.
                -- Sidney Greenstreet, "The Maltese Falcon"

If you think the pen is mightier than the sword, the next time someone pulls
out a sword I'd like to see you get up there with your Bic.

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's
read by persons who move their lips when the're reading to themselves.
                -- Don Marquis

Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
                -- Fred Allen

Immature artists imitate, mature artists steal.
                -- Lionel Trilling

Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal.
                -- T.S. Eliot, "Philip Massinger"