writer quotes
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“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you do, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”–Maya Angelou This here quote from Maya Angelou is pretty iconic; at least I have been seeing it pop up a lot lately and I was fairly familiar with it for…
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“Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he’ll eventually make some kind of career for himself as writer.” -Ray Bradbury. The realization that I haven’t done a Writer Quote post in a long time struck…
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“The wastebasket is a writer’s best friend.” ~Isaac Bashevis Singer I would actually give this quote a follow-up quote from myself. The wastebasket is a writer’s best friend, and a writer is a tree’s worst enemy. As someone on the cusp of completely scraping (well, not scrapping in the literal sense, as I imagine I’ll…
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“I’m one of those writers who, when writing, believes she’s god-and that she hasn’t bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.” -Lynn Abbey I chose this quote today because it’s the complete opposite of how I feel when I write, and that…
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“Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.” -Sydney Smith I’m keeping things fairly short and simple today; often, on Saturday mornings, I have difficulty…
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“If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor.” -Edgar Rice Burroughs. There can be a lot to say about a single work that someone pours their entire heart into, working it from every angle and every revision until it is utterly and…
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“Good novels are not written, they are rewritten. Great novels are diamonds mined from layered rewrites.” -Andre Jute. This morning, while I was struggling to think of something to write in this blog today, I was also struggling with the words I had written yesterday for the 6 Month Challenge. I wasn’t pleased with how…
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“My books aren’t trying to fathom the mysteries of human existence. I’m an entertainer.” – Bernard Cornwall. When I wake up in the morning and decide to do a Writer Quote post, I usually don’t have a particular quote in mind. I go searching through various and sundry snippets from writers and writing enthusiasts until…
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“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” -Richard Bach. Sometimes, I wonder what the heck I’m doing with this whole writer thing and wondering if I have any sort of capacity for enough talent to make it worthwhile. I’ve started following the blogs of a lot of people who astound me, people who…
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“The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” –Agatha Christie I love this quote. I was thinking of doing a character study post for today, building off of yesterday’s musings on my current lack of male main characters lately, but when I came across this quote, I knew I had…
L.S. Engler 