Quotes Of the Week

Sometimes good things fall apart, so better things can come together.

—Marilyn Monroe

Don't be a writer. Be writing.

—William Faulkner

The cat sat on the mat is not a story. The cat sat on the other cat's mat is a story.

—John le Carré

Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

—E.L. Doctorow

The mere habit of writing, of constantly keeping at it, of never giving up, ultimately teaches you how to write.

—Gabriel Fielding

Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

—Anton Chekhov

Work finally begins when the fear of doing nothing exceeds the fear of doing it badly.

—Alain de Botton

Let the readers do some of the work themselves. 

—Fyodor Dostoevsky