Category Archives: Quotes
Ray Bradbury Said
“Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.”
– from Zen in the Art of Writing
Richard Brinsley Sheridan Said
“Easy writing’s curst hard reading.”
from Clio’s Protest
Paul Valery Said
“Poets don’t finish poems, they abandon them.”
Dr. Mickey Hess Said
“Write!” someone shouted, so I wrote and kept writing.
from The Nostalgia Echo
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John Steinbeck Said
I wonder how many people I’ve looked at all my life and never seen.
You are only as good as your next project.
:: Unknown Music Professor
I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn’t give up. Then I wrote one more book.
Beth Revis (via writingquotes)
I believe that today more than ever a book should be sought after even if it only has one great page in it.
:: Henry Miller (from Tropic of Cancer)
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