Jack’s Favorite Quotes, A Working List

“Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large. I contain multitudes).”

Walt Whitman

“Enter though the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.”

Matthew 7:13

“Style is having something to say, and saying it clearly.”

Matthew Arnold

“The world is my representation.”

Schopenhauer

“After your first draft, take your final paragraph, or your conclusion, and make it your introduction.”

John Pickering

“God is in the details.”

Victor Marchioro

“I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes at 9 o’clock every morning.”

Somerset Maugham