What did Stephen Fry mean by: Somehow, as a writer, you tend to use words to paper over structural cracks. Stephen Fry Actor, comedian, writer, and presenter · United Kingdom Copy
A book is judged, not by its reference to life, but by its reference to other books. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Fry, Criticism, Influence, Literature, 0 Stephen Fry Actor, comedian, writer, and presenter · United Kingdom
Life, that can shower you with so much splendour, is unremittingly cruel to those who have given up. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Fry, Despair, Hope, Resilience, 0 Stephen Fry Actor, comedian, writer, and presenter · United Kingdom
The people I know who swear the most tend to have the widest vocabularies. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Fry, Intelligence, Language, Profanity, 0 Stephen Fry Actor, comedian, writer, and presenter · United Kingdom
Nature admits no hierarchy of beauty or usefulness or importance. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Fry, Equality, Nature, Perspective, 0 Stephen Fry Actor, comedian, writer, and presenter · United Kingdom
People who can change and change again are so much more reliable and happier than those who can’t Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Fry, Change, Happiness, Reliability, 0 Stephen Fry Actor, comedian, writer, and presenter · United Kingdom
Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Fry, Childhood, Disappointment, Hope, 0 Stephen Fry Actor, comedian, writer, and presenter · United Kingdom
If ignorance is bliss, why aren’t there more happy people in the world? Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Fry, Happiness, Ignorance, World, 0 Stephen Fry Actor, comedian, writer, and presenter · United Kingdom
All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, …- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Fry, Importance, Kindness, Values, 0 Stephen Fry Actor, comedian, writer, and presenter · United Kingdom
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
