Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman quotes

“One of the least impressive liberties is the liberty to starve. This particular liberty is freely accorded to authors.”
-- Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman

#Writing Quotes #Liberty Quotes #Impressive Quotes

“My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”

“I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.”

“The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.”

“When I write I have no loyalty except to historical truth as I see it and care no more about British achievements and mistakes than any other.”

“The beneficial effect of state intervention, especially in the form of legislation, is direct, immediate, and so to speak, visible, while its evil effects are gradual and indirect and lay out of sight ... Hence the majority of mankind must almost of necessity look with undue favor upon governmental intervention.”

“The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.”

“The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty”

“If you were meant to fly, not even running really fast is that impressive.”

“I'm also pretty impressive when I'm shoving the neck of a lute into someone's chest cavity.”

“Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things.”

Source : Matthew Arnold (2013). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold (Illustrated)”, p.689, Delphi Classics