Quotes of the Week

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent protects you from age.

—Anaïs Nin

In some ways my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy and loss.

—Joni Mitchell

Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald

I write to find what I have to say. I edit to figure out how to say it right. 

—Cheryl Strayed

Sing your song. Dance your dance. Tell your tale. Inspire them.

—Frank McCourt

I was just on the edge of getting married, and I was frenzied at the prospect of this great step in my life after having been a bachelor for so long. And I really wanted to take my mind off of the agony, and so I decided to sit down and write a book.

—Ian Fleming

Write a page every day. That’s about 200 words, or 1,000 words a week. Do that for two years and you’ll have a novel that’s long enough. Nothing will happen until you are producing at least one page per day.

—John Grisham