"To say, "Well, I write when I..." - Quote by Erma Bombeck

“I come from a family where gravy is considered a beverage.”

“The grass is always greener over the septic tank.”

“Laughter rises out of tragedy when you need it the most, and rewards you for your courage.”

“I've seen you, beauty, and you belong to me now, whoever you are waiting for and if I never see you again, I thought. You belong to me and all Paris belongs to me and I belong to this notebook and this pencil.”

“I got tired and embarrassed by the constant poverty of those years. I told Doug [ Brinkley] this is really going to be a horrible downer of a book [The Proud Highway] if all it's going to be is about being broke. I didn't like being reminded of desperation at all times.”

“Real seriousness in regard to writing being one of the two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent.”

“I'm just writing, writing, writing. I keep these tablets on me until I'm inspired to go back in and make the music. I never take a break from my pen, because I pride myself on that.”

“Write a thousand words a day and in three years you'll be a writer!”

“The essential thing ‘in heaven and earth’ is that there should be a long obedience in the same direction; there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.”