Quotes of the Week

There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.

—Ernest Hemingway

Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

—Annie Proulx

Getting the first draft done is like pushing a peanut with your nose across a very dirty floor.

—Joyce Carol Oates

I put a coma in this morning, took it out this afternoon.

—Oscar Wilde

There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.

—Alfred Hitchcock

Anything that gets your blood raging is probably worth writing.

—Hunter Thompson

Play around. Dive into absurdity and write. Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure. 

—Natalie Goldberg

Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can write anything good.

—William Faulkner

A good writer is basically a storyteller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.

—Isaac B. Singer