“When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am going to produce a work of art.’ I write it because there is some lie that I want to expose, some fact to which I want to draw attention, and my initial concern is to get a hearing.”— George Orwell
Walt Disney was born on this day.
December 5, 1901, Hermosa, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat.’ And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I’m writing, I write. And then it’s as if the muse is convinced that I’m serious and say, ‘Okay. Okay. I’ll come.’
Maya Angelou.
Maya Angelou.
An encouraging post!
Tasha Seegmiller Have you ever tried to quit writing? Promised everyone near and far that you were no longer going to keep being the schmuck who pounds the keyboard, willingly and knowingly sending out queries and synopses and manuscripts to those who will, for the most part, reject them? How long did you last? I’ve…
via Why Writing Can’t Be Easy — Writers In The Storm
The two most important days in your life
are the day you are born and the day you find out why.
Mark Twain.
“There is no such thing as talent. What they call talent is nothing but the capacity for doing continuous work in the right way.”
–Winslow Homer, painter, American
AM Simpson 