“Leaning forward in your chair when someone is trying to squeeze behind you isn't enough. You also have to move the chair.”

“You sittin' here chained to your rockin' chair.”

Hoagy Carmichael (1899–1981) American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader

“You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.”

Stephen King (1947) American author

“When you sit right down in the middle of yourself you're gonna wanna have a comfortable chair.”

Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist

“I'm going to open another vottle. not a vottle, but a bottle. you open it and I'll drink it. and you try to write as much as I did without falling off of your chair.”

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

“Looking at the past is like lolling in a rocking chair. It is so relaxing and you can rock back and forth on the porch, and never go forward.”

Martha Graham (1894–1991) American dancer and choreographer

““Will you write the story?”
“If there is one.”
“Happy ending or no?” He was serious.
She attempted a smile. “Fairy tales always have a happy ending.”
He leaned back in his chair. “That depends.”
“On what?”
“On whether you are Rumplestiltskin or the Queen.””

Jane Yolen book Briar Rose

“Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice and I’ll tell you a story.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) American novelist and screenwriter

“I have no intention of spending the night in a chair and leaving you the bed.”

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss book The Flame and the Flower

“A woman materialises behind Prospero -- leaning lightly on the back of his chair -- she is alternately a Titianesque nude and then the Vesalius figure -- flayed … she leans lightly over and kisses Prospero on the cheek. The kiss leaves a blood-red mark on his withered cheek. Prospero shivers.”

Peter Greenaway (1942) British film director