February 2011
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“You have to resign yourself to the fact that you waste a lot of trees before you...”
– J. K. Rowling | Vancouver 2000 writers’ festival (via writingadvice)
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“As things stand now, I am going to be a writer. I’m not sure that I’m going to...”
– Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway (via shatteringbluebulb)
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“I can’t help but to write, I have an inner need for it. If I’m not in the middle...”
– Kaari Utrio
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed...”
– Sir Francis Bacon
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“Reading usually precedes writing and the impulse to write is almost always fired...”
– Susan Sontag
“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my...”
– Michel de Montaigne
The point of books is to have way too many but to...
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“All the fantasy writers I know have a way of dwelling on their own fears and...”
– Charles Beaumont
“It doesn’t matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as...”
– Jo Walton,Among Others (via thesearepeopleyouknow)
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“You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness,...”
– Stephen King ~ On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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“An idea you have might not be original. But by creating a novel out of that idea...”
– Umberto Eco (via writingadvice)
elegantlyanne asked: love your blog! :)
Me attempting to write:
notwritenow:
Turn on computer
Open word document that contains novel/short story/poem
Stare at cursor
Open internet browser
Tumblr.
Scroll
Scroll
Giggle-like-reblog
Scroll
Minimize browser
Stretch
Stare at cursor
Type sentence
Delete sentence
Stare at cursor
Tumblr.
“Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired produces such an...”
– A. E. Newton (via bookoasis)
“When I’m near the end of a book, I need to sleep in the same room with it.”
– Joan Didion (via notwritenow) 