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Quotes of the Week

No, it is not easy to write. It is as hard as breaking rocks. Sparks and splinters fly like shattered steel.
—Clarice Lispector

Writers don’t have lifestyles. They sit in little rooms and #write.
—Norman Mailer

Everything in the world began with a yes. One molecule said yes to another molecule and life was born.
—Clarice Lispector

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
—Joan Walsh Anglund

The book that will most change your life is the book you write.
—Seth Godin

Writing is a job, a talent, but it's also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon.
—Ann Patchett

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.
—Charlie Chaplin

If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write.
—W. Somerset Maugham

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because the people fail to see it.
—James A. Michener

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
—Orson Welles

The conscious mind is the editor, and the subconscious mind is the writer.
—Steve Martin

Writers lose themselves in the dark on purpose, and follow the light of strangeness and surprise.
—Andre Dubus

WOW! Five Years of DCMSU!

Five years ago today I started this comic. My college buddy, Mr. Jer was busting my chops with his excellent comic skills. I am amazed looking back at how many things have changed since then. So much water under the bridge.

It's been a good five. Here is the one that started them all on April 26, 2015:

--Here's to another excellent five years!!

The Witness Paradox

Squirrels!

Film Fridays: The Beacon

Quotes of the Week

If you want to fly, you have to give up the shit that weighs you down.
—Toni Morrison

We all have time machines, don't we, those that take us back are memories...And those that carry us forward are dreams.
—H.G. Wells

Write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.
—Erica Jong

Make writing a regular part of your daily routine, even just a tiny amount per day, so that it feels more natural to write than not to.
—Jennifer Egan

If you write what you yourself sincerely think and feel and are interested in, you will interest other people.
—Rachel Carson

Just because you’re sick of your script doesn’t mean it’s finished.
—William M. Akers

The trouble with fiction is that it makes too much sense, whereas reality never makes sense.
—Aldous Huxley

Note to writers: "Amazing" is very tired. "Amazing" needs a long vacation. Therefore, please don't write about your amazing party, your amazing girlfriend's amazing dress, or your amazing vacation. Something more pungent & specific, please.
—Stephen King

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

Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.
—Stephen King