Gary Reilly Quotes
I had never liked bullying of any sort, especially when an individual acquires his courage by becoming part of a faceless mob. I always say if you need fake courage, get it out of a bottle like I do.
... occasionally I see rich-looking women on Rollerblades gripping leashes and being towed bodily by golden retrievers. That's my kind of jogging.
A lot of artists start out as failed poets, then move on to being failed short-story writers before they finally break through to the big time and become failed novelists.
Being a cab river is not unlike being a magician--minus the top hat, the cape, the rabbit, an the gorgeous assistant. But you do have an audience.
I was in the land of fakes and frauds and phonies-I felt like saying “Howdy cousin,” to everybody who walked by.
It's a funny thing about writing. You get so balled up in a story idea that you lose your perspective and forget that human being might read your words someday.
I was driving pretty much the way everyone drives in LA, like elephants dancing on each others’ backs at a circus.
She looked confused. She looked off-balance. That's a technique I employ to get dates, and it always works.
My imagination was running amok again. Twice in one night. This never happens when I’m sitting in front of a typewriter.
Writers, even unpublished writers, have a tendency not to notice what’s going on around them when they are the center of attention.
She looked confused. She looked off-balance. That’s a technique I employ to get dates, and it always works.