Paul Neilan Quotes

Paul Neilan is an American novelist, writer of Apathy and Other Small Victories. Apathy follows Shane, a directionless and hopelessly apathetic man in his mid-twenties, and has been compared to Benjamin Kunkel's Indecision, possibly part of a trend of novels focusing on directionless people of an unusually young age for such restlessness.

Also known as Writer

Anybody can make something up and have it sound believable. The hard part is remembering all the lies you've told, and all the people you've told them to, and then living the lies that have become your life.

Paul Neilan
- Life
- Lies
- Remembering
The world is your oyster... ...too bad you're allergic to shellfish.

Paul Neilan
- World
- Allergic
- Oyster

It’s like someone who prays every night saying God’s a good listener. Just because you’re talking to us doesn’t mean we’re listening. With me and God, you never really know.

Paul Neilan
- God
- Listening
- Prays
There comes a time in every man's life when he wakes up drunk on the toilet and begins to doubt the choices he has made. and when that time comes at least twice a day, every day. something needs to be done.

Paul Neilan
- Life
- Time
- Choices
In the long term everyone traffics in foregone conclusions, and in the short term they just get drunk. This is the way it has always been. Some half-assed ambiguity masquerading as mystery is all anybody's really looking for.

Paul Neilan
Cowardice, when done correctly, can be its own kind of bravery.

Paul Neilan
- Kind
- Bravery
- Cowardice
Lying to other people is fine and usually funny, but lying to yourself is tacky.

Paul Neilan
- Funny
- Lying
- Tacky
If stealing a few saltshakers was wrong I didn't want to be right.

Paul Neilan
- Right
- Wrong
- Stealing

Mockery when done without prejudice or discretion, can be a form of respect. It's the closest we'll ever come to true equality.

Paul Neilan