Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

Every group feels strong once it has found a scapegoat.

Every group of six or more has its inner circle, its outer circle, and its hangers-on.

In every group of intimidated people, each thinks "I will rebel," but each waits for the others.

We sometimes feel that we have been really understood, but it was always long ago, by someone now dead.

There's only one person who needs a glass of water oftener than a small child tucked in for the night, and that's a writer sitting down to write.

An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners' names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought.

A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.

Everybody can write; writers can't do anything else.

Most sermons sound to me like commercials — but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product.

I often pray, though I’m not really sure Anyone’s listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He’s literary.

How tired God must be of guilt and loneliness, for that is all we ever bring to Him.

Whenever we safely land in a plane, we promise God a little something.

Whatever we worship, short of God, is sure to be our undoing.

"Your money or your life." We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does.

My religious position: I think that God could do a lot better, and I'm willing to give Him the chance.