Quotes of the Week

Don't be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value.
—Arthur Mille

You can't control the success or failure of a thing you work on. You can only control the thing you work on.
—Lin-Manuel Miranda

Write about only three things: what you love, what you hate, and what you’re deeply conflicted about.
—Marlon James

Failure can be your strongest ally as a writer. You go forth wiser, learning from your mistakes.
—Judith Briles

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.
—Khaled Hosseini

A writer is a writer because, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing.
—Junot Diaz

One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment.
—Hart Crane

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.
—Ernest Hemingway