Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Thursday, February 16, 2006

I don't think I will ever master the art of indifference....

...not that I really want too. I agree with Mr. Joyce that the artist/writer is interwoven with his or her work in a way that is intrinsic and inextricable. Yet I am not sure that the writer is inherently indifferent....And many of us believe that God is everything but indifferent! "The artist, like... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, February 15, 2006

...a little humor .....

"If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut."-Albert Einstein Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 14, 2006

.....plotting....

As I read this quote, I find myself asking, Doesn't this capture the essence of plot in so very many stories that catch up the reader in turning page to frantic page? Will the 'mistake' be caught in time? "Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 13, 2006

....conspiracy against the writer?

"Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent." James A. Baldwin This makes me think of the effort it takes to carve time out of busy days for this passion called writing. Yet more confounding is my... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 10, 2006

Confidence as a writer....

"To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all --that is genius."--Emerson In college I took classes that operated like creative writing groups. About 8 years ago, I was thrilled to be invited to join a local writer's group in this town. It... Sign in to see full entry.

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