"I never minded reading to three people. I had plenty of experience. The key is that all of you must sit very close together." - Ann Patchett, from "My Life in …
Writing Quotes and Other Literary Fun
Words of Wisdom from Confucius, Austen, and Tuchman
"Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings." — Jane Austen "No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender …
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Writing a Novel is Like Paddling a Bathtub
Just came across this wonderfully funny and true quote in the New York Times Book Review: “Look, writing a novel is like paddling from Boston to London in a …
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Edna St. Vincent Millay on Publishing
"A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down."— Edna St. Vincent Millay ...tick ... tick ... tick Less than three …
Hemingway on First Drafts
At the risk of using a four letter word here, one of my favorite quotes on writing, compliments of Ernest Hemingway: "The first draft of anything is shit." — …
A New Years Greeting-Quote
"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't …
A Long Scroll of Ink
Words of writing wisdom from one of the authors I most admire, Margaret Atwood: The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will …
The Story Was Completely Untrue
“The story was completely untrue, but the untruth of untrue stories could sometimes be of service in the real world.” - Salman Rushdie, from The Enchantress of …
The Worst Enemy to Creativity
"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is …
Beatrix Potter on Writing First Lines – Sort Of
I've been rooting around in the life of Beatrix Potter, having so enjoyed visiting Hill Top Farm and assorted other Potter-rich locales in the English Lake …
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