"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages
are perpetuated by quotations." -Isaac D'Israeli
"The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for
wit." W. Somerset Maugham
"Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature
would not incite us to have them." - John Updike
"In my wildest imagination, I imagined being
published. The next fantasy -- and you get greedier
with your fantasies - is 'Oh God, this is being
published, I hope somebody will read it.' And the
fantasies grow from there." -- Judy Blume, acclaimed
author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret and
other award-winning children's books.
If you think there are no new stories to write,
remember "it's not how the wind blows that determines
your direction - but how you set your sails." Jennifer
Stewart Write101.com.
"Responsibility isn't a coat. You can't take it off
and stuff it in the closet when it feels
uncomfortable. This is why writers must write with
passion and compassion."--Vicki Hinze
"Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world
through the eyes of a child." -Ron Wild
"Read, read, read. Read everything - trash, classics,
good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a
carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the
master. Read! You'll absorb it." - William Faulkner
"Don't dare to be different, dare to be yourself - if
that doesn't make you different then something is
wrong." - Laura Baker
"When you are waiting for the someone, minutes seem
like hours, if you are talking to a beautiful woman,
hours seem just minutes. That is relativity for you."
- Albert Einstein
"You will never find time for anything. You must make
it." - Charles Buxton
"What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn
first to do with diligence." - Samuel Johnson
"There is absolutely nothing I can tell anybody;
except that writers come from all sorts of backgrounds
and talke all sorts of paths. It's a total mystery how
it happens." --Paul Auster
"Do just once what others say you can't do, and you
will never pay attention to their limitations again."
- James R. Cook. This quote courtesy of Curious
Quotes. To subscribe,
CuriousQuotes@onelist.com .
No one can make you inferior without your consent. --
Eleanor Roosevelt
"The two most beautiful words in the English language
are: 'Check enclosed.'" -- Dorothy Parker. From
http://www.inscriptionsmagazine.comIt is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it
is not possible to find it elsewhere. - Agnes
Repplier
"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn
how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen."
- John Steinbeck
"Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get
the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the
world a little." --Tom Stoppard (This quote was
submitted to The Written Word by Constance Daley --
www.darientel.net/~infinity)
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember
amateurs built the Ark - professionals built the
Titanic.
"Ask yourself in the quietest hour of the night: must
I write? Dig down into yourself for a deep answer. And
if this should be in the affirmative, if you may meet
this solemn question with a strong and simple, I must,
then build your life according to this necessity." --
Rainer Maria Rilke From:
maidenfate@aol.com"Indeed, the great paradox of the writer's life is how
much time he spends alone trying to connect with other
people." --Betsy Lerner
"I learned that you should feel when writing, not like
Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child
stringing beads in kindergarten -- happy, absorbed and
quietly putting one bead on after another." --Brenda
Ueland
Do good and don't worry to whom. -- Mexican Proverb.
From Proverbs Plus.
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness;
to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to
your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to
your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you;
to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. - Francis
Maitland Balfour
Faith
When you walk to the edge of all the light you have
and take that first step into the darkness of the
unknown,
you must believe that one of two things will happen:
There will be something solid for you to stand upon,
or, you will be taught how to fly
© Patrick Overton
"Don't get discouraged because there's a lot of
mechanical work to writing...I rewrote the first part
of Farewell to Arms at least 50 times." -- Ernest
Hemingway
"I have to go to the reservation, to the spot I'll be
writing about to get comfortable with it. If
something's going to happen in the late evening, I
want to be there at twilight and listen to what's
going on. Are the coyotes out there? Even if I never
use a lot of this stuff, I like to feel at home in my
mind with the spot I have on the page." --Tony
Hillerman
