I'm offering today's quote, from one of the contemporary writers I most admire, in a shorter and longer version. The shorter version is funny, and the longer of …
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Gertrude Stein on Who to Write For
As it's Gertrude Stein's birthday today -- her 143rd -- my quote comes from her The Making of Americans: I am writing for myself and strangers. This is the only …
Margaret Atwood on Words
Today's quote, from Margaret Atwood, seems as important these days as ever: A word after a word after a word is power. I'm going to spend the day doing my best …
365 Great Quotes from Women
More Wisdom from Nora Ephron, from her commencement address to the 1996 class at Wellesley, via the Washington Post: Maybe young women don’t wonder whether they …
Anne Frank on Patience and Paper
Closing out January with a last quote from Anne Frank: Again, if you haven't done so already, I hope you will read my post on Anne Frank that set off these …
More Important Words from Anne Frank
Today's quote, again from Anne Frank: Again, if you haven't done so already, I hope you will read my post on Anne Frank that began these posts. Meg …
A Little More Anne Frank
Staying with the Anne Frank theme today, an important voice in these times: Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only …
Remembering Anne Frank
I wrote this post on Facebook yesterday, which was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and found I wanted to put it here so that it could be found on a …
365 Great Quotes from Women
Day #5 of writing in earnest, and a little humor is in order: You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an …
365 Great Quotes from Women
Day #4 of writing in earnest, and here is a bit of terrific advice: The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. …
