Source: Hot Water Music
“I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a writing problem.”
“Life is such a glorious trauma, is it not?”
Source: Lover Avenged
“Life is glorious, but it can be counted on to be cruel.”
Source: The Last Jew
“Though life is very glorious, it is difficult.”
Source: A Room with a View / Howards End
“Live life when you have it. Life is a splendid gift-there is nothing small about it.”
“Focusing on a writer’s life undermines the power of that writer’s ideas.”
From Interviews
Context: These days, I live on the grid – primarily because of medical issues. But I think that it would be hypocritical for a writer to condemn our surveillance culture and then appear on the Charlie Rose show to blather about personal details. Focusing on a writer’s life undermines the power of that writer’s ideas.
John Hale
Source: The Crucible (1953)
Context: It is mistaken law that leads you to sacrifice. Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it. I beg you, woman, prevail upon your husband to confess. Let him give his lie. Quail not before God's judgment in this, for it may well be God damns a liar less than he that throws his life away for pride.
