Howard Fast Quotes

We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.

Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works.

Reviewers are usually people who would have been, poets, historians, biographer, if they could. They have tried their talents at one thing or another and have failed; therefore they turn critic.

I hate it that there are so many beautiful women in the world, and I can't have all of them for myself.

Music was something I was encouraged to do, which I appeared to be quite good at, but it was never a passion. Writing was always my first love.

Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.

I've always resented Hermione, because I wanted to be her so badly and she never seemed to appreciate as much as I thought she should that she got be her. She got to live at Hogwarts and be friends with Harry and kiss Ron, which was supposed to happen to me.

The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.

I've sold too many books to get good reviews anymore. There's a lot of jealousy, because [reviewers] think they can write a good novel or a best-seller and get frustrated when they can't. I've learned to despise them.

I don't understand what I did wrong except live a life that everyone is jealous of.

I think some of the people on the Left... were extremely jealous of me getting what they thought was all of the attention.

Criticising the other fellow because he's in and you are not seems to me a futile waste of time.

I was always jealous of something getting more attention.

I'm a believer. I don't go to church. I don't belong to any particular religion, but I do believe in God. I couldn't write what I write about and be creative without a certain form of belief.

I'm sick of just liking people. I wish to God I could meet somebody I could respect.

She hates me and you hate me, but you all love Harry. Nobody loves me.

Oh God, don't envy me, I have my own pains.

I think it bothers people to see people that are happy and successful. So they try to find what's wrong with them.

You have to be sincere in your feelings. And fear is one of those, sometimes; doubt is one of those; jealousy, anger - all your emotions are not going to be considered the strong emotions; all of them are not going to be love, happiness, joy.

I don't have time for their judgement and their stupidity and you know they lay down with their ugly wives in front of their ugly children and look at their loser lives and then they look at me and they say, 'I can't process it' well, no, you never will stop trying, just sit back and enjoy the show. You know?

The envious die not once, but as oft as the envied win applause.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

You could literally be perfect and people would still hate you, for being perfect.

I am jealous of Jessica Biel because that Justin Timberlake is hot as anything.