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Roy Blount Jr. quotes: I do some eccentric dancing.

I do some eccentric dancing.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: The legendary yet factual Curtis Wilkie has been the right man in the right place at an uncanny number of extraordinary times.

The legendary yet factual Curtis Wilkie has been the right man in the right place at an uncanny number of extraordinary times.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: When I was a little kid, of course, I was brown all summer. That's because I was free as a bird- nothing to do but catch bugs all day.

When I was a little kid, of course, I was brown all summer. That's because I was free as a bird- nothing to do but catch bugs all day.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: When mannequins have nipples, it's a cold-hearted world.

When mannequins have nipples, it's a cold-hearted world.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: If a cat spoke, it would say things like 'Hey, I don't see the problem here.

If a cat spoke, it would say things like 'Hey, I don't see the problem here.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party.

Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Twitter. It's not a good sound, is it? If it were worth doing, there would be a better word for it.

Twitter. It's not a good sound, is it? If it were worth doing, there would be a better word for it.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Being president of too many well-meaning organizations put my father into an early grave. The lesson in this was not lost on me.

Being president of too many well-meaning organizations put my father into an early grave. The lesson in this was not lost on me.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: A picture's worth a thousand words? A library card's worth millions.

A picture's worth a thousand words? A library card's worth millions.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: A good book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

A good book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: It's my belief that sanity lies in realizing that reality is not exactly what we had in mind.

It's my belief that sanity lies in realizing that reality is not exactly what we had in mind.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Going to Vanderbilt did a lot of things for me, and one of the things it cured me of was the need to follow college football.

Going to Vanderbilt did a lot of things for me, and one of the things it cured me of was the need to follow college football.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.

Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: According to scholars of linguistics, the relation between a word and its meaning is arbitrary.

According to scholars of linguistics, the relation between a word and its meaning is arbitrary.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: The first time I walked into a library, I got so excited I almost wet my pants.

The first time I walked into a library, I got so excited I almost wet my pants.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Perhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature.

Perhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.

Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: I prefer my oysters fried; that way I know my oysters died.

I prefer my oysters fried; that way I know my oysters died.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Eaters of Wonder BreadMust be underbred.So little to eat.Where's the wheat?

Eaters of Wonder Bread
Must be underbred.
So little to eat.
Where's the wheat?

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: People don't necessarily want or need to be done unto as you would have them do unto you. They want to be done unto as they want to be done

People don't necessarily want or need to be done unto as you would have them do unto you. They want to be done unto as they want to be done unto.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Many a person has been saved from summer alcoholism, not to mention hypertoxicity, by Dostoyevsky.

Many a person has been saved from summer alcoholism, not to mention hypertoxicity, by Dostoyevsky.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Pete Rose is too rich a character to fit on a bronze plaque. He requires a good, trenchant, poignant (ah, Petey) book, and this is it.

Pete Rose is too rich a character to fit on a bronze plaque. He requires a good, trenchant, poignant (ah, Petey) book, and this is it.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Anyone who undertakes the literary grind had better like playing around with words.

Anyone who undertakes the literary grind had better like playing around with words.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: I've never thought it was necessary to make fun of people - you can find fun in people without necessarily mocking them.

I've never thought it was necessary to make fun of people - you can find fun in people without necessarily mocking them.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: In the beginning, Atlanta was without form, and void; and it still is.

In the beginning, Atlanta was without form, and void; and it still is.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: I always wanted to win the Super Bowl so I could take it and hold it and see what lies beyond it. I think it may be the sun.

I always wanted to win the Super Bowl so I could take it and hold it and see what lies beyond it. I think it may be the sun.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Think about scary movies: There's a fine line between horror and humor.

Think about scary movies: There's a fine line between horror and humor.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: The North isn't a place. It's just a direction out of the South.

The North isn't a place. It's just a direction out of the South.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: That's American English for you: more roots than a mangrove swamp.

That's American English for you: more roots than a mangrove swamp.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: I think what's really hard is making sense and making what you write clear and smooth-flowing.

I think what's really hard is making sense and making what you write clear and smooth-flowing.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: Ham's substantial, ham is fat. Ham is firm and sound. Ham's what God was getting at When He made pigs so round.

Ham's substantial, ham is fat. Ham is firm and sound. Ham's what God was getting at When He made pigs so round.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: I like weeding, but I tend to think of it as a solitary activity.

I like weeding, but I tend to think of it as a solitary activity.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: The local groceries are all out of broccoli, loccoli.

The local groceries are all out of broccoli, loccoli.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: The more you try to pin a word down, the more you realize that it has its own cape, sword and little hat.

The more you try to pin a word down, the more you realize that it has its own cape, sword and little hat.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: I have written some of the clumsiest, most clogged-yet-vagrant, hobbledehoyish, hitch-slipping sentences ever conceived by the human mind.

I have written some of the clumsiest, most clogged-yet-vagrant, hobbledehoyish, hitch-slipping sentences ever conceived by the human mind.

Roy Blount Jr. quotes: We don't want bookstores to die. Authors need them, and so do neighborhoods.

We don't want bookstores to die. Authors need them, and so do neighborhoods.