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Arthur M. Jolly Quotes

born 1969 England

Arthur M. Jolly (born 1969) is an American screenwriter and playwright.

England
Playwrights
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Marriage is the safe harbor men proffer from a tempest they themselves conjure into creation.

The Lady Demands Satisfaction (2018)

A servant is the true reflection of his master.

The Lady Demands Satisfaction (2018)

One of those monstrosities that nature so cruelly inflicts upon her world, like a two headed calf or a servant with ginger eyebrows.

The Lady Demands Satisfaction (2018)

She's the goddess of all things sweaty and sticky.

Every battle, every war - is fought for things worth dying for.

Every Battle, Every War (2007)

Spending the day with you has been marginally better than watching mother die of cancer.

Trash (2012)

Just because you’re living in blissful oblivion doesn’t mean you’re not responsible.

Trash (2012)

The only thing that matters is what you do now, here.

A Gulag Mouse (2010)

Don't cook that chicken - it still has feathers.

A Gulag Mouse (2010)

What about what he lives for, Squire? Isn't that the true measure of a man, what he lives for?

Long Joan Silver (2013)

The waves round the horn will toss us to and fro, to and fro like a rubber duckie in the bathtub of an angry God.

Moby (No Last Name Given) (2014)

Don’t be afraid, my Lord. My father always says that fear is the devil’s hairbrush, although no one knows quite what he means by it.

The Lady Demands Satisfaction (2018)

One cannot restrain a dancing cow.

The Lady Demands Satisfaction (2018)

People who are intolerant, categorize and over-react... should all be dragged against a wall and shot.

The Questionnaire (2010)

I said I'd make ye a man, Jim - but damme if ye didn't go and do it behind my back when I were watching elsewhere.

Long Joan Silver (2013)

Writing is nothing less than thought transference, the ability to send one's ideas out into the world, beyond time and distance, taken at the value of the words, unbound from the speaker.

interview with Purple Pencil Adventures (2010)

You can't make cheese from rats. … It's hard enough just milking the little beggars.

Long Joan Silver (2013)

If it was easy, everyone would do it rather than going around telling you their ideas and saying how they could be a writer if they had the time.

interview with Write On Online (2009)

I thought I would try my hand at sailing. It was too small and kept sinking, so I decided to try a boat instead.

Moby (No Last Name Given) (2014)

You'll find, young Jim, that there are two measures of a man. Only two. What he will die for...and what he will kill for. You made your choice aboard the Hispaniola.

Long Joan Silver (2013)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Arthur M. Jolly (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.