Forget all the rules. Forget about being published. Write for yourself and celebrate writing. Melinda Haynes
My purpose is to entertain myself first and other people secondly. John D. MacDonald
Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else. Gloria Steinem
If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster. Isaac Asimov
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way. E. L. Doctorow
A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing. Eugene Ionesco
All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary - it's just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences. Somerset Maugham
Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up. Jane Yolen
If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you. Natalie Goldberg
Moving around is good for creativity: the next line of dialogue that you desperately need may well be waiting in the back of the refrigerator or half a mile along your favorite walk. Will Shetterly
If you think that something small cannot make a difference, try going to sleep with a mosquito in the room. Anonymous
Every bush can burn if you fire it with your imagination.
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor. Ring Lardner
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There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire become a great writer.
When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and anger!"
He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.
one chap kept sending his poems to a magazine with a stamped self addressed enveloped, and he recived all his poems back with a rejection letter. it went on for years. One day the ditor wrote to him saying that he writes trash, not worth printing, please give me one good reason why we should print your poems ?
the poet replied
if you print my poem you can keep the stamp.
Loved the post especially the one about the headlights and travel.
Especially loved the comments section too! LOL!
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awesome collection... :)
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hey Rauf
That was wacko..as always,ur comments make me smile..laugh...
hi Vidya
thanks~~~~ yep,i keep digging up for some fun things, if u have any links or url do share..
Hi deepak
thanks for dropping by, yep,liked ur blog too....
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