Paul Cleave Quotes

I had to sell my house and make a lot of sacrifices to become a writer, and it sucks not to get taken seriously.

Paul Cleave

House
Taken

Quotes to Explore

The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.

P. J. O'Rourke
- You
- Say
- Three
It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.

Edmund Burke
- Great
- Nature
- Greatness
I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.

Iris Apfel
- People
- Hate
- Husband
Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.

Barbara Kingsolver
- Country
- Fun
- Easy
They got word that the Japanese planes were coming back, so we sunk her ourselves so the Japanese wouldn't get it. We didn't want the Japanese to get it intact.

Barney Ross
- Want
- Japanese
- Planes
I don't really like to talk about other people. I think people who have things going on in their lives, I think they have enough to deal with, they don't need, you know, Abigail Breslin weighing in on their lives.

Abigail Breslin
- People
- Think
- Know