Alcohol and the Writer – Irwin Shaw QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I never drink while I’m working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober. Irwin Shaw Image by Pexels from Pixabay
…everything you want, you are already that…said Rumi, the 13th century Persian poet QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Do you know what you are? You are a manuscript of a divine letter. You are a mirror reflecting a noble face. This universe is not outside of you. Look … Continue reading
How you know it’s a good book…Paul Sweeney QUOTES FOR WRITERS
You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.Paul Sweeney Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash
“…It is always the art of the possible, never the impossible.” Ray Bradbury QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn’t exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for everybody, and nothing will ever be the same … Continue reading
…stories are about what you lose…John Irving QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Be serious, Life hurts, reflect what hurts. I don’t mean that you can’t also be funny, or have fun, but at the end of the day, stories are about what … Continue reading
Barbara Kingsolver’s advice on writer’s block… QUOTES FOR WRITERS
It doesn’t matter how many books I’ve published, starting the next one always feels as daunting as the first. A day comes when I just have to make a deal … Continue reading
Maybe a good writer doesn’t need…QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I believe myself that a good writer doesn’t really need to be told anything except to keep at it. Chinua Achebe
Lean on the delete key, says Barbara Kingsolver QUOTE FOR WRITERS
Revision is my favorite work, the part of the process when art really happens. Once you know where you’re going, you can back up and tilt every scene in just … Continue reading
What fantasy can do for you – Terry Pratchett QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Terry Pratchett
I’m having August off…so there will a lot more posts here
No, I’m not taking a holiday to devote myself entirely to this blog. Much as I love it and you, dear reader, that wouldn’t be sensible as I’m sure you’d … Continue reading
Where music comes from – Franz Kafka QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
Everything that lives is in flux. Everything that lives emits sound. But we only perceive a part of it. We do not hear the circulation of the blood, the growth … Continue reading
You need a motive to write & a bit of self-delusion…advice from a non-fiction author QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
Three guidelines from American non-fiction writer Michael Lewis It’s always good to have a motive to get you in the chair. If your motive is money, find another one. I … Continue reading
Hemingway on what makes a writer – Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes
All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened and after you are finished reading one you will feel that all that happened to … Continue reading
“I don’t do realism…” James Patterson — Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
I don’t do realism. Sometimes people will mention that something I’ve written doesn’t seem realistic and I always picture them looking at a Chagall and thinking the same thing. You … Continue reading
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