Quotes of the Week

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
—Jack London

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
—John Steinbeck

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
—Stephen King

Make #writing a regular part of your daily routine…so that it feels more natural to write than not to.
—Jennifer Egan

Let's not go and ruin it by thinking too much.
—Clint Eastwood

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
—ALFRED HITCHCOCK

If you know from whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations on where you can go.
—James Baldwin

The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer.
—Anna Deavere Smith

Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
—Anton Chekhov