Friday, March 22, 2019
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Quotes of the Week
Not all those who wonder are lost.
—J.R.R. Tolkien
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
—George Orwell
Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.
—Bob Dylan
Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly, sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.
—Ernest Hemingway
Writing is not about the voices in your head, but the voices that make the great leap to the page.
—J.H. Glaze
Write like it matters, and it will.
—Libba Bray
You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
—Robin Williams
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.
—Stephen King
—J.R.R. Tolkien
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.
—George Orwell
Inspiration is hard to come by. You have to take it where you find it.
—Bob Dylan
Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly, sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.
—Ernest Hemingway
Writing is not about the voices in your head, but the voices that make the great leap to the page.
—J.H. Glaze
Write like it matters, and it will.
—Libba Bray
You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
—Robin Williams
If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.
—Stephen King
Friday, March 8, 2019
Thursday, March 7, 2019
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Quotes of the Week
—Jennifer Egan
Don't write with a pen. Ink tends to give the impression the words shouldn't be changed.
—Richard Hugo
I sweat blood to make my style simple and stripped bare.
—Margaret Mitchell
I am not responsible for the ideas and opinions that my characters express.
—William Faulkner
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
—Edith Wharton
Sometimes a flat-footed sentence is what serves, so you don’t get all writerly: “He opened the door.” There, it’s open.
—Amy Hempel
Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.
—Alain de Botton
Dialogue has to create a life. It has to be self-sustaining. Conversation is definitely not dialogue.
—Sam Shepard
Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but most of all, endurance.
—James Baldwin
Sunday, March 3, 2019
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