163 Quotes by Irving Stone

Being mad is even pleasant. But only a madman understands that.

Reading is a stout-hearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness. It is also, in my experience, one of the most thrilling and enduring delights of life, equal to a home run, a slam-dunk, or breaking the four-minute mile.

I knew that I had to find out more about van Gogh. Even though I was far too young, and felt I did not have sufficient technique to write a book about Vincent van Gogh, I knew I had to try. If I didn't I would never write anything else.

Pleasure is one of the most important things in life, as important as food or drink.

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.

The writer ... an athlete required to break the four-minute mile every morning.

There is no thrill of mortal danger to surpass that of a lone man trying to create something that never existed before.

To be an artist is first to be a manual laborer.

What we know of others is our personal secret.