February 2012
60 posts
A dirty book is rarely dusty.
– Author Unknown
Don’t believe the hype. Write your heart out. Put it out into the world (or not)...
– Patti Digh (via writingquotes)
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
– Stephen King
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a...
– Anne Lamott, Bird By Bird (via skriving)
Book collecting is an obsession, an occupation, a disease, an addiction, a...
– Jeanette Winterson (via writingquotes)
Being a writer of fiction isn’t like being a compulsive liar, honestly.
– Neil Gaiman (via planb-becomeapirate)
For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I’m surprised where...
– Jack Dann
We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to...
– John Gardner
Plot does not define story. Plot is the framework within which ideas are...
– Warren Ellis (via planb-becomeapirate)
Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.
– Annie Proulx (via theparisreview)
You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas...
– NEIL GAIMAN
Of course anyone who truly loves books buys more of them than he or she can hope...
– David Quammen (via prettybooks)