Quotes of: Book-writing Keyword

My work is not my life. I started writing quite late, I didn't have that 'writing is everything, my art is all.' You have to be able to recognise the difference between the two.

Kate Atkinson

I prefer drawing the things I've written to handing them off to another artist. Turns out I'm a huge control freak - and because I write in thumbnails, the art is already happening by the time I start writing!

Raina Telgemeier

Writing stopped being fun when I discovered the difference between good writing and bad and, even more terrifying, the difference between it and true art. And after that, the whip came down.

Truman Capote

Half of what I write is garbage, but if I don’t get it down on paper it decomposes in my head.  This work is composed entirely of compost.

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An artist must either give up art or develop.

I Lost it at the Movies: Film Writings, 1954-1965

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World

I want to write my own eulogy, and I want to write it in Latin. It seems only fitting to read a dead language at my funeral.

I Want

She was the reason I started to write but her beauty is kept me writing.

I Can't Stop Drinking About You

Initiative without action is the same as having the mind to acknowledge a problem, but not having the heart to see it through.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Everybody has good and bad forces working with them, against them, and within them.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Humanity is lost because people have abandoned using their conscience as their compass.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Always listen to the voice of your conscience. If your conscience conflicts with your faith, question everything.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Have faith in your skills. Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

We are all connected. When one arm or foot is poisoned, the whole body becomes infected.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

I would rather die fighting for what is right, than live passively amidst all that is wrong.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Language is a serious weapon in shining and sharing Truth. It is also a serious weapon used in its distortion.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

I'm not trying as a writer to be smart or to understand the inner workings of my narrator, I'm trying to survive the typing of this story.

Ron Carlson Writes a Story

We are so scared of being judged that we look for every excuse to procrastinate.

Seducing the Demon: Writing for My Life

Introduction of deus ex machina is a tell-tale sign of sloppy plotting.

Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction

Tis the privilege of friendship to talk nonsense, and to have her nonsense respected.

The Life, Letters and Writings of Charles Lamb

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it.

The Little Minister