Quotes

It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes And pleasant scents the noses.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

In comparing men and books, one must always remember this important distinction,-that one can put the books down at anytime.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

How like a mounting devil in the heart rules the unreined ambition!

Nathaniel Parker Willis

He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

At present there is no distinction among the upper ten thousand of the city.

Nathaniel Parker Willis

Take me off on harmony joy rides.

Wesley Willis

Schizophrenia demons live in my head.

Wesley Willis

Quit shouting those rerun songs at me.

Wesley Willis

Put me on torture hell rides.

Wesley Willis

I'm doing what I want to do, and I don't care what you think you need!

Wesley Willis

Writers are too neurotic to ever be happy.

Connie Willis

When you've written your characters into a corner, you just hand the manuscript over to your partner and make her fix it.

Connie Willis

My latest comedy, Bellwether, let me go after everything that bugs me: meetings, Barbie, trendy coffeehouses, those incompetent clerks who refuse to get off the phone to talk to you, and bread pudding.

Connie Willis

It is my belief that everything you need to know about the world can be learned in a church choir.

Connie Willis

I watched the entire O.J. Simpson trial, and he was guilty.

Connie Willis

I have watched "All My Children" since it started. Can you believe Erica was the one who ran over Maria and Kelsey?

Connie Willis

I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible.

Connie Willis

I hate sequels. They're never as good as the first book.

Connie Willis

I am a Colorado native, and, no, I did not vote for the anti-gay amendment or the same-sex marriage ban, and I am not a member of a militia.

Connie Willis