top of page

The Silkworm

Robert Galbraith

Top 10 Best Quotes

“The whole world's writing novels, but nobody's reading them.”

“...writers are a savage breed, Mr. Strike. If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. If you want a lifetime of temporary alliances with peers who will glory in your every failure, write novels.”

“We don’t love each other; we love the idea we have of each other. Very few humans understand this or can bear to contemplate it. They have blind faith in their own powers of creation. All love, ultimately, is self-love.”

“There are always loose ends in real life.”

“You know, there's pride, and then there's stupidity”

“We need readers,” muttered Daniel Chard. “More readers. Fewer writers.”

“... cheer the fuck up and eat your burger.”

“You are not writing properly unless someone is bleeding, probably you.”

“Though they spent so much time trying to make themselves beautiful, you were not supposed to admit to women that beauty mattered.”

“Like most writers, I tend to find out what I feel on a subject by writing about it. It is how we interpret the world, how we make sense of it.”

Except where otherwise noted, all rights reserved to the author(s) of this book (mentioned above). The content of this page serves as promotional material only. If you enjoyed these quotes, you can support the author(s) by acquiring the full book from Amazon.

Book Keywords:

writers-world, friendship, fancourt, real-life, writers-on-writing, humour, camaraderie, writers-life, life, loyalty, realism, writers, books

bottom of page