Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.
Barbara Kingsolver
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“…We can never rely on inspiration. When we most want it, it does not come.”
Quote by George Gershwin, American, songwriter, composer, musician.
Source: “…We can never rely on inspiration. When we most want it, it does not come.”
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I can shake off everything . . .
I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.
Anne Frank
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Walking Alone
Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.
Helen Keller
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The job that takes the longest . . .
If something isn’t working what do you do?
Personally I would emphasise the word ‘sometimes.’ 🙂
“If something isn’t working, if you have a story that you’ve built and it’s blocked and you can’t figure it out, take your favourite scene, or your very best idea or set-piece, and cut it, it’s brutal, but sometimes inevitable.” Joss Whedon.
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Books will never disappear . . .
I believe books will never disappear. It is impossible for it to happen. Of all man’s diverse tools, undoubtedly the most astounding are his books … If books were to disappear, history would disappear. So would man.
Jorge Luis Borges
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If my doctor told me I had only six minute to live . . .
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live. I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster.
Isaac Asimov.
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Each writier is born with . . .
Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. . . . I have 10 or so, and that’s a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them.
Gore Vidal.
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I’m Not Sure . . .
I’m not sure a bad person can write a good book. If art doesn’t make us better, then what on earth is it for.
Alice Walker.
AM Simpson 