“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who […]
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. – Anna Quindlen
I’ve been clicking through quotes on Facebook. One that got me was one that simply asked if my 8-year-old-self would be proud of me. Whether she’d be proud of me or not is fairly irrelevant.. What hit me was the fact that I have absolutely no idea what my 8-year-old-self thought about ANYthing… and that […]
If writers stopped writing about what happened to them, then there would be a lot of empty pages. – Elaine Liner
“Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you” – Marsha Norman (If this is true, mine’s going to be a very odd book..)
Everything will be ok in the end. If it’s not ok, it’s not the end. – ?? (If anyone knows who said this first, let me know)
A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote. – MignonMcLaughlin (I suppose that’s the same as hearing and speaking…)
Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. – Sholem Asch
If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. – Toni Morrison
Remember: The people who say you can’t are probably the ones most scared that you will. – apparently Usher (though I think I’ve heard/read it from other sources…)
I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter. – James Michener
I love the sound of breaking glass – Nick Lowe I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass (pretty handy considering how often I hear it…)
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. – Isaac Asimov
It’s not raining on my parade, – I’m parading in the rain! -Chalee Tennison-
“Easy reading is damn hard writing.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne