“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.”
~ Aristotle
Category Archives: Quote of the Week
Quote of the Week: Anais Nin
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
~ Anaïs Nin
Quote of the Week: R. L. Stine
“People say, ‘What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?’ I say, they don’t really need advice, they know they want to be writers, and they’re gonna do it. Those people who know that they really want to do this and are cut out for it, they know it.”
—R.L. Stine
Quote of the Week: William Wordsworth
“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”
~ William Wordsworth
Quote of the Week: Annie Dillard
“Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now.”
—Annie Dillard
Quote of the Week: Richard Bach
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” ~ Richard Bach
Quote of the Week: Jarod Kintz
“Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called.” ~ Jarod Kintz
Quote of the Week: Hunter S. Thompson
“Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.”
—Hunter S. Thompson
Quote of the Week: Christopher Morley
“Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.” -Christopher Morley
Quote of the Week: Jim Tully
“Long patience and application saturated with your heart’s blood—you will either write or you will not—and the only way to find out whether you will or not is to try.”
—Jim Tully
Melissa Janda - A Time to Write 