Quotes on Writing and Life: Celeste's reflections

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Friday, January 9, 2004

Happiness?

"If you want to be happy, be." Leo Tolstoy Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, January 8, 2004

..defining success....

"Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other." Erma Bombeck Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, January 7, 2004

'Imagination' is where we all begin as writers....

"So you see, imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering."-Brenda Ueland Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, January 6, 2004

The skill of writing....

"The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think."- Edwin Schlossberg This alludes to the truth that all writing is an interpersonal exchange....an attempt at communication with another someone....even an effort to weedle one's way into another's mind and change it. Sign in to see full entry.

....sub-zero temperatures...

On a very cold morning, this quote warms me just a bit....from the inside out.... "The cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the general atmosphere of leisured... Sign in to see full entry.

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