Quotes of the Week

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.
—Arthur Miller

The readers imagination is the most powerful tool a writer has.
—Diana Gabaldon

Dialogue is not just quotation. It is grimaces, pauses, adjustments of blouse buttons, and the crossing of legs.
—Jerome Stern

Short paragraphs put air around what you write and make it look inviting...
—William Zinsser

Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too.
—Isabel Allende

Trust dreams. Trust your heart, and trust your story.
—Neil Gaiman

Write hard and clear about what hurts.
—Ernest Hemingway

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

You want to write a sentence as clean as a bone. That is the goal.
—James Baldwin