Last year I started an effort to share a quote a day, each from a woman writer I admired. Let's just say it was a rough year, and life intervened as it …
Writing Quotes and Other Literary Fun
Steinbeck on Struggling with a Scene
Another bit of great writing advice from John Steinbeck: …
365 Great Quotes from Women
For the first day of fall, from Nora Ephron: Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me want to buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly …
Nora Ephron on Craziness and Sanity
If you've heard me speak, you might know this is one of my favorite quotes: Insane people are always sure that they are fine. It is only the sane people who are …
25 Quotes by Women Writers
Well, it's been a tough couple months and I've fallen behind miserably on my 365 quotes by women year. But I don't want to throw in the towel, so here you go …
365 Great Quotes for Women
Again, the amazing Nora Ephron, this one from "When Harry Met Sally": When I buy a new book, I always read the last page first, that way in case I die before I …
A Quote from Christina Baker Kline, on the Occasion of Her New Book
I've just started reading Christina Baker Kline's brand new novel, A Piece of the World, and thought you might enjoy this quote from her last one: Time …
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A Love Quote from Jane Austen
Looking forward to Valentine's Day Tuesday, how about a love quote from no less than Jane Austen? “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my …
Yet More Writing Wisdom from Plath
More writing wisdom from Sylvia Plath today: “Some things are hard to write about. After something happens to you, you go to write it down, and either you over …
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 …