Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Where do you write best?

Is it a lovely spot or do you work hard to make the workplace as spartan as possible? "I enjoy writing when I am in the desert. There are no distractions such as telephones, theatres, operas, houses and gardens."-Agatha Christie Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, October 13, 2008

The risk of writing...

At blogit we have opportunities to encourage one another in our writing. Very few of us can write in continuous isolation. I think we must know we are heard by someone... "Writers have a little holy light within, like a pilot light which fear is always blowing out. When a writer brings a manuscript... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, October 10, 2008

Writing and rewriting and

editing and reworking a piece. The process goes on and on until there's an almost suddenness to an author's awareness that the work is done. "Beware the editor who claims the line-editing isn't important. It's like a fisherman who doesn't bother to mend his nets."-Lisa Bernstein Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

The paradox of poetry

is that so many more people write it that read it these days. Has it always been that way? I haven't made a study of the history of poetry, but have the sense that in days that were less high tech, reading and reciting it was a form of entertainment for more of the population.... "Thirty percent of... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

My children are still young enough

that there are times when in unison they beg, "Tell us a story mom, please tell us one of your stories!" "Draw your chair up close to the edge of the precipice, and I'll tell you a story."-F. Scott Fitzgerald Sign in to see full entry.

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