August 2010
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“People without hope not only don’t write novels, but what is more to the point,...”
– Flannery O’Connor (via junkbondtrader) (via keremmermutlu) (via booklover)
“Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books -...”
– William Ewart Gladstone (via jennsxsimplexstory) (via reveillerlimagination) (via teachingliteracy)
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“The idea is to write so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and...”
– Maya Angelou
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“Writing is an act of hope. It means carving order out of chaos, of challenging...”
– Jack Heffron (from “The Writer’s Idea Book”)
“For some, reading is how you know that maybe someone, somewhere could relate to...”
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5 Thoughts: Why (and How) We Write |... →
HANGING BY OUR COMPUTER IS a sheet of paper I look to for inspiration. Sometimes it inspires me, sometimes it depresses me, but always it gets me back on the horse. It’s called “Why (and How) We Write.” If you too find it useful, please hang it by your computer.
1. Do it for the buzz. – Stephen King
2. Finish what you start. Keep submitting until it sells. — Robert Heinlein
3. a) Fanaticize...
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“An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.”
– Stephen Fry (via disorderedbits) (via librarianista)
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“Write to be understood, Speak to be heard, Read to grow.”
– Lawrence Clark Powell (via thediarist)
“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from...”
– W. Somerset Mougham (via wordpainting) (via breathingbooks) (via booklover)
“What better way to get to know someone than through her choice and treatment of...”
– The Thirteenth Tale, Diane Setterfield (via dailyliterature) (via teachingliteracy)
“Considering how common illness is, how tremendous the spiritual change that it...”
– Virginia Woolf, On Being Ill, 1926 (via literarypiano) (via vwvw) (via awritersruminations)
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“I think that’s what turns young men and women into writers - the happiness you...”
– Paul Auster (via booklover) (via leavemethismess) (via teachingliteracy)
