Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Thursday, August 25, 2005

A new fountain pen....

My old one has been broken for a while. So on one of my brief trips to the big city a week or so ago, I treated myself to a trip to a pen store and came away with a new Lamy. Lamy is an economical pen that writes like it is worth much more than I paid for it! Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 22, 2005

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) Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 19, 2005

This quote is so true...

"Beginning to write, you discover what you have to write about."-Kit Reed It is so strange, how one's mind can be blank, with not sense of direction. You have to actually start writing before the ideas begin to really form. It doesn't make intuitive sense to me. The blank mind seems to be yelling,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Does writing ever feel like cooking to you?

I often find myself using the analogy between the two. Here is a light-hearted quote that uses the comparison.... "Writing is like cooking...if you spill something, you should make it look like part of the act."-Jon Keeble I once wrote an essay centering on the analogy between writing and cooking.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, August 9, 2005

This is an interesting idea....

...especially for a place like Blogit where writers of all levels of skills and interests type our words onto the screen.... "The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think."-Edwin Schlossberg Sign in to see full entry.

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