Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Here is a quote I really enjoy...
"The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something and tell what it saw in a plain way. Hundreds of people can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see. To see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion, all in one. "-John Ruskin(1819-1900) As a...
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Monday, September 8, 2008
I wish, as a writer, that it was...
...always possible to hold on to this bit of wisdom. Why is it so easy to get blocked or to doubt that you are really a writer. I have heard of writers with many well-received books to their credit, who worry with each new book that they won't be able to write anymore. "Patience and perserverence...
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
Getting started...
This is an apt way of describing and quandary of beginning a work of writing.... One of the main discomforts in writing a book is, that there are so many ways in which every thing, as it comes up, might be told, and you can't tell which is the best. You believe there must be a best way; but you...
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Thursday, August 7, 2008
Commitment and Writing...
This makes me think of the very old cliche--- Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This quote is serious and elegant, so I am surprised at the corny associations I keep having, such as 'you have to start with one egg to get a dozen.' I really think I should move ahead and share the quote I am...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Wonderful advice for the writer...
...and definitely worth considering as words to live by--especially for writers. "The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality....
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