  | 
| #591 |   | If it were thought that anything I wrote was influenced by Robert Frost, I would take that particular work of mine, shred it, and flush it down the toilet, hoping not to clog the pipes.  A more sententious, holding- forth old bore who expected every hero-worshiping adenoidal little twerp of a student-poet to hang on to his every word I never saw. 		-- James Dickey
  | 
  | 
| #592 |   | If life is a stage, I want some better lighting.
  | 
  | 
| #593 |   | If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words. 		-- Fran Lebowitz, "Metropolitan Life"
  | 
  | 
| #594 |   | If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. 		-- Louis Armstrong
  | 
  | 
| #595 |   | If you lose a son you can always get another, but there's only one Maltese Falcon. 		-- Sidney Greenstreet, "The Maltese Falcon"
  | 
  | 
| #596 |   | If you think the pen is mightier than the sword, the next time someone pulls out a sword I'd like to see you get up there with your Bic.
  | 
  | 
| #597 |   | If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when the're reading to themselves. 		-- Don Marquis
  | 
  | 
| #598 |   | Imitation is the sincerest form of television. 		-- Fred Allen
  | 
  | 
| #599 |   | Immature artists imitate, mature artists steal. 		-- Lionel Trilling
  | 
  | 
| #600 |   | Immature poets imitate, mature poets steal. 		-- T.S. Eliot, "Philip Massinger"
  | 
  | 
  | 
   ...             ...    |