Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Clive James Quotes: Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.
         

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.


Clive James
Check all other quotes by Clive James

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Clive James Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Thu. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Fiction-is-life-with-the-dull-bits-477626>.





Check out


Other quotes of Clive James


Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right.

Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right.



Snooker is just chess with balls.

Snooker is just chess with balls.



Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.



The British secret service was staffed at one point almost entirely by alcoholic homosexuals working for the KGB

The British secret service was staffed at one point almost entirely by alcoholic homosexuals working for the KGB



A sceptic finds Dallas absurd. A cynic thinks the public doesn't

A sceptic finds Dallas absurd. A cynic thinks the public doesn't



It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.



A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.



Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.

Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.



They had a... dog called Bluey. A know psychopath, Bluey would attack himself if nothing else was available.

They had a... dog called Bluey. A know psychopath, Bluey would attack himself if nothing else was available.



She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short.

She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short.





Other quotes you may like




Ask your father to convince you, not to go your way. You will win, i bet.

Ask your father to convince you, not to go your way. You will win, i bet.



Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.

Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.



But you need to have lived years in nothingness to understand how a person can suddenly become frightened by a possibility.

But you need to have lived years in nothingness to understand how a person can suddenly become frightened by a possibility.



With the Ethical Rules and a little concentration, anything is possible.

With the Ethical Rules and a little concentration, anything is possible.



Put another way, the chimpanzees' closest relative is not the gorilla but humans.

Put another way, the chimpanzees' closest relative is not the gorilla but humans.



After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.

After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college.



The times that tried men's souls are over-and the greatest and completest revolution the world ever knew, gloriously and happily accomplished.

The times that tried men's souls are over-and the greatest and completest revolution the world ever knew, gloriously and happily accomplished.



come back believer in shade believer in silence and elegance believer in ferns believer in patience believer in the rain

come back believer in shade believer in silence and elegance believer in ferns believer in patience believer in the rain




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.". Author of this quote is Clive James. This quote is about fiction, life, dull, bits, wisdom, left out,.