Michael Kroft > Quotes

“The only big drawback to writing is its negative impact on reading.”
― Michael Kroft

“I've read way too much on the overused/misunderstood buzzwords "Show, don't tell!" that I'm convinced all novels should now be picture books”
― Michael Kroft

“At middle age, I decide to give up on my dream of being an astronaut and follow my second, to be a writer. Also, I heard there was no smoking in the space station.”
― Michael Kroft

“You said a formal dinner was where we dress up!" explained the little boy behind the monkey mask.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Jew and the Goy Boy

“Just because you're aware that you're a nincompoop, doesn't make you any less of one.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Jew and the Goy Boy

“To give my next novel balance, I'm going to begin it with "The start" followed by a dozen carriage returns. It offsets the words, "The end.”
― Michael Kroft

“I don't so much believe in Political correctness as I do in Public Correctness. People tend speak quite "different" in the secure comfort of their home.”
― Michael Kroft

“If I was to write a novel about the paranormal, I think I would want to use a ghostwriter for greater impact.”
― Michael Kroft

“Oxford comma or Harvard comma? Why not just call it a highly educated comma and leave it at that?”
― Michael Kroft

“He had expected many more hugs and kisses, and he had expected to be able to tell her goodbye many times over before the annoyed and impatient Death took her from him. He had never expected that they would part without any goodbyes.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“With the changes his wife had made in their lives, she never tried to force him to change. She never forced friends on him, never forced him into large tight crowds, and she always tolerated the protective emotional covering he habitually wore outside of their home. She had never once pushed him to leave his comfort zone for anything other than an absolute necessity.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“I think finding that happy medium is pretty much impossible. I have never seen or heard of a cheerful ghost talker.”
― Michael Kroft

“He had heard of seniors, who after becoming bored and/or lonely and/or began fearing the closeness of death, turning or returning to religion, but he had never expected the change in his wife, especially since he thought it was only for Christians.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“He didn’t yet understand the concept of sales tax and would be disappointed when he did.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“white roses.”
― Michael Kroft, Still On Herring Cove Road: Hickory, Dickory, Death

“Literary Irony: A novelist of the paranormal using a ghostwriter.”
― Michael Kroft

“Dwight would later learn that Lyon had fencing lessons on Monday nights, French lessons on Tuesday nights and violin lessons on Sunday nights. The little boy only wanted to learn Taekwondo.”
― Michael Kroft, Off Herring Cove Road: The Problem Being Blue

“Av, she’s not tolerant at all,” Ruth corrected him, causing his bushy eyebrows to rise. “She doesn’t have a problem with us being Jewish to require any tolerance.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“A jerk, a creep or an asshole in a wheelchair, is still a jerk, a creep or an Asshole.”
― Michael Kroft, Still On Herring Cove Road: Hickory, Dickory, Death

“It was a shock to find the boy and because we found him, we might think that sort of thing happens all the time and the world is an evil place, but it is not. That sort of thing almost never occurs, and it is because it almost never occurs that we hear much about it when it does, making us think it occurs all the time.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“terms with”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“Mrs. Dixon is impressively tolerant with our being Jewish.” “Av, she’s not tolerant at all,” Ruth corrected him, causing his bushy eyebrows to rise. “She doesn’t have a problem with us being Jewish to require any tolerance.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“Uh...yes, I got a hold of the synagogue, and Rabbi Lavigne (if I remember his name correctly) let us know where she was buried.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“A jerk stuck in a wheelchair, is still a jerk.”
― Michael Kroft, Still On Herring Cove Road: Hickory, Dickory, Death

“playing a rock song and, as the volume increased, he was able to recognize it.”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“I want to be -That guy who wrote that thing there,- but I'm currently, -He's who, who wrote what?-”
― Michael Kroft

“You write once and you can call yourself a writer, but it takes three novels before you can call yourself a novelist. The first two could have just been lucky. One day, I will finish my third, and one day, I will be a novelist.”
― Michael Kroft

“he kissed the”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Jew And The Goy Boy

“Even though Canada’s immigration laws made it more than difficult for Jews to enter the country,”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Rosen and His 43Lb Anxiety

“embarrassing himself, he”
― Michael Kroft, On Herring Cove Road: Mr. Jew And The Goy Boy