Leo Rosten Quotes
American - Novelist April 11, 1908 - February 19, 1997

Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.
Leo Rosten

I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.
Leo Rosten

We see things as we are, not as they are.
Leo Rosten

A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
Leo Rosten

Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.
Leo Rosten

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can't help it.
Leo Rosten

The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others.
Leo Rosten