Quotes of the Week

I think it’s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people’s expectations. They generally produce their worst work when they do that. 

—David Bowie

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

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

—Mark Twain

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.

—Arthur Miller

Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes, work never begun.

—Christina Rossetti

What people are ashamed of usually makes a good story. 

——F. Scott Fitzgerald

A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper. 

—E.B. White

Because in the end, you won't remember the time you spent in your office or mowing the lawn. Climb that goddamn mountain now.

—Jack Kerouac