Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Quotes of the Week

I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet.
—Jack London

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.
—John Steinbeck

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.
—Stephen King

Make #writing a regular part of your daily routine…so that it feels more natural to write than not to.
—Jennifer Egan

Let's not go and ruin it by thinking too much.
—Clint Eastwood

The more successful the villain, the more successful the picture.
—ALFRED HITCHCOCK

If you know from whence you came, there are absolutely no limitations on where you can go.
—James Baldwin

The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer.
—Anna Deavere Smith

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

Friday, January 25, 2019

FRIDAY FILM PREVIEW: Alita: Battle Angel


-- I'm trying not to get my hopes up too high for this one.

Thursday, January 24, 2019

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Quotes of the Week

When all else fails write what your heart tells you.
—Mark Twain

Don't say it was “delightful”; make us say “delightful” when we’ve read the description.
—C.S. Lewis

I have rewritten, often several times, every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers.
—Vladimir Nabokov

But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing.
—Paul McCartney

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.
—Barbara Kingsolver

Just trust your own voice. And keep exploring the things that are interesting to you.
—Nikki Giovanni

Write hard and clear about what hurts.
—Ernest Hemingway

Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
—Maya Angelou

Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
—Maya Angelou

You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
—Robin Williams

I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart. 
—Anne Frank