Quotes of the Week

Two Things are infinite: The Universe and Human Stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
-Albert Einstein

I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.
—Anne Frank

Words should be an intense pleasure to a writer just as leather should be to a shoemaker.
—Evelyn Waugh

Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.
—P.D. James

Write books only if you say in them things you would not dare confide to anyone.
—E.M. Cioran

To make a great film you need three things: the script, the script and the script.
—Alfred Hitchcock

A writer is someone who pays attention to the world — a writer is a professional observer.
—Susan Sontag

There’s many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.
—Flannery O’Connor

A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.
—E.B. White