Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Quotes of the Week

Writing a book is like telling a joke and having to wait two years to know whether or not it was funny.
—Alain de Botton

Early morning, lunch break, on the train, late at night — it doesn’t matter. Find the extra hour, go to the same place, shut the door. No exceptions, no excuses.
—John Grisham

Why say “very beautiful”? “Beautiful” is enough.
—James Joyce

I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed.
—William Shakespeare

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
—Benjamin Franklin

You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
—William Faulkner

Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.
—Carlos Ruiz Zafn

Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to those who have none.
—Jules Renard



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