This is a fun quote....
...and oh so true.... "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.
Friday, April 30, 2004
.....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.
Thursday, April 29, 2004
....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.
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
The universe is made of______?
"Say it, say it. The universe is made of stories, not of atoms."--Muriel Rukeyser And even when the physicists look at atoms, they find stories and mysteries....Light is a particle and light is a wave. To even look at things on an atomic level changes them. So even atoms are made of stories. Another... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, April 26, 2004
Responsibility as a writer?
While I would rather be the responsible writer described in this quote, the perspective that even irresponsible writing can have a purposeful impact is an interesting point of view.... "The imaginitive artist willy-nilly influences his time. If he understands his responsibility and acts on... Sign in to see full entry.