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The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club?


Jerry Pournelle

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JERRY GARCIA As we approached each other, the noise and the students around us melted away and we were utterly al...
JERRY SPINELLI I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every...
JERRY GARCIA Chris Ofili's suave, stippled, visually tricked-out paintings of the nineties, with their allove...
JERRY SALTZ I almost resent being Charley Moviestar. Yeah, I'm grateful. But it takes me away from my kids.
JERRY LEWIS I don't plan out my visits rigorously, but I do have a list of about 125 New York galleries, alt...
JERRY SALTZ In November, 1964 when I was a patient at the Mayo Clinic I though seriously about killing myself.
JERRY KRAMER I have this old '57 Porsche Speedster, and the way the door closes, I'll just sit there and ...
JERRY SEINFELD Artschwager's art always involves looking closely at surfaces, questions what an object is, want...
JERRY SALTZ Damien Hirst is the Elvis of the English art world, its ayatollah, deliverer, and big-thinking entre...
JERRY SALTZ It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we didn't have a salary cap.
JERRY JONES Red-hot songs were born on the black streets of Baltimore, where I delivered five-gallon cans of ker...
JERRY LEIBER I'm a fan of very, very expensive creams: Creme de la Mer, La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe. I'm ...
JERRY HALL My greatest moment as a jock occurred when I was 14 and playing punch ball in front of my house on A...
JERRY REINSDORF The support this city and our fans have shown the Grizzlies made my decision to stay in Memphis an e...
JERRY WEST Where Cezanne captured and intensified shards of the eternal (every pear far more sharply defined th...
JERRY SALTZ From 1936 on, I have taken more falls than any other 20 comedians put together. From the time I was ...
JERRY LEWIS You need lofty goals. Then cement it with a great work ethic.
JERRY WEST All of us, whether or not we're celebrities, every one ought to spend part of their life making ...
JERRY SPRINGER The idea of getting old is horrific, but I don't want to make it worse by becoming a grotesque c...
JERRY HALL I think the cartoons that they're children are watching, particularly 'The Simpsons,' th...
JERRY LEWIS It's just a show. It's not the end of Western Civilization. It's chewing gum.
JERRY SPRINGER If Chief Justice Warren and his associates had known God's word and had desired to do the Lord&#...
JERRY FALWELL I'm really looking forward to the Hall of Fame ceremonies. It's going to be unbelievable - j...
JERRY RICE The new album is a childhood dream come true. Got to sing with Ronnie Spector, got to cover a bunch ...
JERRY ONLY Crankiness is at the essence of all comedy. My wife and I were discussing the different types of cra...
JERRY SEINFELD