If reality had a stage door I’d hang around there to see what comes out after the show. — Russell Hoban
After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language? — Russell Hoban
An idea is an eye given by God for the seeing of God. Some of these eyes we cannot bear to look out of — Russell Hoban
But when I don’t smoke I scarcely feel as if I’m living. I don’t feel as if I’m living unless I’m killing myself. — Russell Hoban
If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have — Russell Hoban
Nothing to be done really about animals. Anything you do looks foolish. The answer isn’t in us. — Russell Hoban
Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out — Russell Hoban
There are situations in life to which the only satisfactory response is a physically violent one. — Russell Hoban