The Miracle of Books – Anne Lamott QUOTES FOR WRITERS
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds … Continue reading
Not Everything Needs to be Explained – Esther Freud
Trust your reader. Not everything needs to be explained. If you really know something, and breathe life into it, they’ll know it too. Esther Freud Photo credit:Pexels from Pixabay
…Books are patient where we are slow to understand…Carl Sagan QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Books, purchasable at low cost, permit us to interrogate the past with high accuracy; to tap the wisdom of our species; to understand the point of view of others, and … 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
Reading “…this will be magic, heaven, and salvation. I promise.” Anne Lamott QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Books are paper ships, to all the worlds, to ancient Egypt, outer space, eternity, into the childhood of your favorite musician, and — the most precious stunning journey of all … Continue reading
Why I read – Zadie Smith QUOTES FOR WRITERS
I am fascinated to presume, as a reader, that many types of people, strange to me in life, might be revealed, through the intimate space of fiction, to have griefs … Continue reading
Read Anything You Want. Just Read, says Matt Haig QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Read Emily Dickinson. Read Graham Greene. Read Italo Calvino. Read Maya Angelou. Read anything you want. Just read. Books are possibilities. They are Escape Routes. They give you options when … Continue reading
Why life and reading begin after the age of 40 – W.H.Auden QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
Between the ages of twenty and forty we are engaged in the process of discovering who we are, which involves learning the difference between accidental limitations which it is our … Continue reading
They’re all worth reading – Stephen King QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
Every book you pick up has its own lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones. Stephen King
She would never be lonely again…QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
From that time on, the world was hers for the reading. She would never be lonely again, never miss the lack of intimate friends. Books became her friends and there … Continue reading
What you get from Reading – Dr Seuss QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go. Dr Seuss Photo by JOSHUA COLEMAN on Unsplash
Once you read a book you care about…QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and readers)
Once you have read a book you care about, some part of it is always with you. Louis L’Amour What books are always with you? The first book that came … Continue reading
Where reading can take you…Jean Rhys QUOTE FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. Jean Rhys is the author of Wide Sargasso Sea, among … Continue reading
Auden on the silly question a writer is always asked…. QUOTES FOR WRITERS (and people who like quotes)
A writer … is always being asked by people who should know better: “Whom do you write for?” The question is, of course, a silly one, but I can give … Continue reading
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