Jim Lyon > Jim's Quotes

“Introverts aren't unfriendly, they just don't give a damn whether or not you like them.”
― Jim Lyon

“No whining!”
― Jim Lyon

“Sometimes the true punishment for miscreants and wrongdoers is having to be the person that they are.”
― Jim Lyon

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“You never know who's swimming naked until the tide goes out.”
― Warren Buffett

“Elmore Leonard's Ten Rules of Writing

1. Never open a book with weather.
2. Avoid prologues.
3. Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue.
4. Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said”…he admonished gravely.
5. Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose.
6. Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose."
7. Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly.
8. Avoid detailed descriptions of characters.
9. Don't go into great detail describing places and things.
10. Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10.

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.”
― Elmore Leonard

“How do you know you have a cheap Dom?"
Brie rolled her eyes. "Just hit me with it."
"He asks you to take off your collar to walk the dog."
Brie actually laughed out loud.”
― Red Phoenix, Brie Embraces the Heart of Submission: After Graduation

“Tact is the ability to tell someone to go to hell in such a way that they look forward to the trip.”
― Winston Churchill

“Our bodies are made to be loved”
― L.A. Maria

“I was like, Am I gay? Am I straight? And I realized...I'm just slutty. Where's my parade?”
― Margaret Cho