Winston Groom Quotes

United States, Novelist
March 23, 1943 – September, 16, 2020.

Winston Francis Groom, Jr. is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. He is known for writing Forrest Gump, which was adapted into a film by Robert Zemeckis in 1994. The film became a cultural phenomenon, and won six Academy Awards. He published a sequel, Gump and Co., in 1995. He has also written numerous non-fiction works, on diverse subjects including the American Civil War and World War I.

So whatever else has happened, I am figgerin this: I can always look back an say, at least I ain't led no hum-drum life.

Winston Groom
I may not be a smart man, but I know what love is.

Winston Groom
- Smart
- Love Is

Dear God, make me a bird so I can fly far, far away.

Winston Groom
- God
- Bird
- Away
If your gonna screw up, do it while you're young. Older you get, the harder it is to bounce back.

Winston Groom
- Growing
- Harder
- Screws
I still got dreams like anybody else, an ever so often, I am thinkin about how things might of been.

Winston Groom
- Dream
- Stills
- Might
My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

Winston Groom
- Always
- Said
- Momma
Let me say this: bein a idiot is no box of chocolates.

Winston Groom
The weeks go by so slow I almost think time passin backwards.

Winston Groom
- Almost
- Passing
- Backwards

And that's all I've got to say about that.

Winston Groom
- Say
- About
- Got
I cannot, in good conscience, allow money to be wasted on a failure.

Winston Groom