Steve Fossett (James Stephen "Steve" Fossett) Quotes
I do have some books, but in all the distance flights I've made I've never opened the books. I've been too busy.
Quotes to Explore
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The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good books disappear.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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I read books. Remember those? I read them, on paper.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.
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Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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I was about 11 or 12 when I began to pick up my mother's books.
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One sees qualities at a distance and defects at close range.
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My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
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A landline is an anchor - busy signals, long distance bills, missed connections and all.
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A novelist's lack of awareness of and critical distance to his own body of work is due to a phenomenon that I have noticed in myself and many others: as soon as it is written, every new book erases the last one, leaving me with the impression that I have forgotten it.
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I wrote all four of my books at Starbucks.
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A thing is mighty big when time and distance cannot shrink it.
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I'm exchanging molecules every 30 days with the natural world and in a spiritual sense I know I am a part of it and take my photographs from that emotional feeling within me, rather than from an emotional distance as a spectator.
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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb.
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I think you only see experiences as defining moments with distance.
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There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be.
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Laws against homosexual behavior should remain on the books.
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I am persuaded that we are all surrounded by an atmosphere - a separate, sensitive, distinct envelope extending some distance from our visible persons - and whenever my invisible atmosphere is invaded, it affects my whole nervous system. The proximity of any bodies but those I love best is unendurable to my body.
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You Always knew that Just One word Would Dry up all My Tears
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That was the first time any of us saw Vince back. His timing and his energy and his confidence were back. We went into this year knowing we were going to have to ride him, but he was kind of a broken horse.
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If a man wishes to become a hero, then the serpent must first become a dragon: otherwise he lacks his proper enemy.
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I don't know how old I am because a goat ate the Bible that had my birth certificate in it. The goat lived to be twenty-seven.
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I do have some books, but in all the distance flights I've made I've never opened the books. I've been too busy.
