“I write strictly for fun… as long as it stays fun I'll continue to do it.”
Interview with Don Swaim (1986)
1980s
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Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist
16 August 1925
Source: Enough Rope (1926)
F. J. Duarte (1954) Chilean-American physicist
in [F. J. Duarte, Laser Physicist, Optics Journal, 2012, 978-0-9760383-1-3, 154]
“I'll confess it is rather fun being courted by your own husband.”
Natacha Rambova (1897–1966) American film personality and fashion designer
On marriage, p. 118
Photoplay: "Wedded and Parted" (December 1922)
“Boys throw stones at frogs in fun, but the frogs do not die in fun, but in earnest.”
Bion of Borysthenes (-325–-246 BC) ancient greek philosopher
Variant translation: Boys throw stones at frogs for fun, but the frogs don't die for "fun", but in sober earnest.
As quoted by Plutarch, Moralia, xii. 66
Gretchen Rubin (1966) American writer
Source: The Happiness Project: Or Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
“Don't talk to me. I'm tired and grumpy and I'll probably make fun of you.”
Ann Brashares The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Source: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants