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Roy Blount, Jr. Quotes

American - Writer | October 4, 1941 -

I heard on public radio recently, there's a thing called Weed Dating. Singles get together in a garden and weed and then they take turns, they keep matching up with other people. Two people will weed down one row and switch over with two other people. It's in Vermont. I don't think I'd be very good at Weed Dating.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Good Together Dating People Think

I like weeding, but I tend to think of it as a solitary activity.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Think Activity Like Solitary Tend

To me, letters have always been a robust medium of sublimation. I don't remember what I was like before I learned my ABC's, but for as long as I can remember I have made them with my fingers and felt them in my bones.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Me Remember Long I Can Letters Been

I have written some of the clumsiest, most clogged-yet-vagrant, hobbledehoyish, hitch-slipping sentences ever conceived by the human mind.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Mind Human Human Mind Most Some

Anyone who undertakes the literary grind had better like playing around with words.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Words Better Grind Playing Who Like

The more you try to pin a word down, the more you realize that it has its own cape, sword and little hat.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Hat You Down Sword Try More

We don't want bookstores to die. Authors need them, and so do neighborhoods.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Die Want Need Neighborhoods Authors

Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Together Friends Party Go Get Your

There will be birthdays in the next twelve months; books keep well; they're easy to wrap: buy those books now. Buy replacements for any books looking raggedy on your shelves.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Looking Easy Now Will Next Buy

People may think of Southern humor in terms of missing teeth and outhouse accidents, but the best of it is a rich vein running through the best of Southern literature.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Humor Best People Rich Think Teeth

Think about scary movies: There's a fine line between horror and humor.

Roy Blount, Jr.

Humor Think Movies Horror Line Fine

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