Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Friday, February 24, 2006

Writing about yourself....

"Writing an autobiography and making a spiritual will are practically the same."-Sholem Aleichem Much of what I write and read on Blogit is essentially someone's autobiography. Even if we don't mean to share the condition of our souls, what we write and how we comment our responses to others may... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, February 21, 2006

I wonder what Mr. Einstein had to say about TV...

"Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking."-Albert Einstein(1879-1955)...I find that drastically decreasing my television viewing and replacing it with reading... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, February 20, 2006

STUCK! A few words on writer's block...

"You don't know what it is to stay a whole day with your head in your hands trying to squeeze you unfortunate brain so as to find a word."-Gustave Flaubert My favorite fountain pen had fallen out of my purse and under the front wheel of the car when the kids and I got home last night. I am so glad I... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 19, 2006

This is a quote for all the skeptics who might question blogging...

...and whether or not bloggers are writers who will amount to anything as writers... "Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability."-Cicero(106BC-43BC) Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, February 17, 2006

...time away from the world to be a writer...

"Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made." Gore Vidal Usually the phrase 'time away from the world' brings up images of a mountain retreat for days and weeks of solitude. Or an escape to a seaside... Sign in to see full entry.

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