Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time. Florence King Read Quote
To achieve the very pinnacle of good taste, the neoclassicists wrote their plays entirely in alexandrine verse, a rarefied meter that is uniquely tailored to the French language and fits no other. Florence King Read Quote
Until the mid-seventies, the traditional or classic lesbian was always a spinster and often a tweedy intellectual, with a stark glamour that titillated men and women alike. This is the woman that feminists destroyed when they pressured the media for ‘positive images’ of lesbians. Florence King Read Quote
Christopher Hitchens and I were not friends or even acquaintances. We never met or spoke on the phone, just exchanged occasional brief letters – notes, really – hand-written and snail-mailed at first, e-mailed later. Florence King Read Quote
They don’t call him ‘No Drama Obama’ for nothing. He’s even worse than we thought because he has committed the ultimate American crime, worse than anything he has been accused of so far: He has no sense of humor. Florence King Read Quote
Optimists don’t mind if you eavesdrop on them. They welcome it, in fact, because it helps them spread their fiendish gospel. Florence King Read Quote
I’ve done pretty well as a professional fed-up. The tools of my trade so far have been irony, tongue-in-cheek mockery, and supercilious contempt, but these are highly civilized weapons designed for 18th-century French salons. Florence King Read Quote
Let’s face it: ‘Threatening’ people are the only interesting people around. The unthreatening are, by and large, competent mediocrities who take lemming-like aim at careers in television. Florence King Read Quote
