If there is no mystery, for the artist, to solve inside of his art, then there's no point in it. . . . for me, every act of art is the act of solving a mystery.
Writing, Creativity
To care about words, to have a stake in what is written, to believe in the power of books - this overwhelms the rest, and beside it one's life becomes very small.
Reading, Writing
Be thankful for the people who have stood by you and cheered you on, but don't forget to be thankful for the ones that said it could not be done. Writing a book is no small task and even the skeptics can help you get where you want to be!
Motivation, Writing
It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It may be that the next novel is a big one, but I don't know.
Writing, Narrative
I had written all I was going to write, if the truth had been known, and there is nothing wrong with that. If more writers knew that, the world would be saved a lot of bad books, and more people-men and women alike-could go on to happier, more productive lives.
Writing
... And the only way to find that honesty is to not overthink it.For your writing to come alive-to be multi-dimensional-you must barter away some control.
Writing, Authors
I’ve always loved the night, when everyone else is asleep and the world is all mine. It’s quiet and dark - the perfect time for creativity.
Loneliness, Writing
If we were to understand how important it is to say something and say it well, maybe we wouldn’t write a single word, but that would be tragic.
Philosophy, Poetry, Wisdom
It’s not easy to write a poem about a poem.
i live on my books. on my writings, i live on my royalties: the percentage an author recieves on each sold copy. and i am proud of it. i am so even though such percentage is small or i should say irrelevant.
I thought about writing the character as male, but then I would be forced to portray him as a woman in a man's body.
Humor, Writing
Working together as a team helps build a cohesive organization.
Life Lessons, Writing
...ending a book with a sequel in such a way that the reader still has faith in the characters and in the writer. That's finesse.
Publication is a marathon, not a sprint. Writing the book is only the start.
Writers, Writing
People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and backache and notes and more time and more work than you'd believe.
It's a symbiotic process, writing. What I am makes the books - not part of me, all of me - and then the books themselves inform the sense of what I am. So the more I can be, the better the books will be.
There is no Frigate like a Book To take us Lands awayNor any Coursers like a Page Of prancing Poetry – This Traverse may the poorest takeWithout oppress of Toll – How frugal is the Chariot That bears a Human soul.
Poetry, Reading
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.
He ate and drank the precious words,His spirit grew robust;He knew no more that he was poor,Nor that his frame was dust.He danced along the dingy days,And this bequest of wingsWas but a book. What libertyA loosened spirit brings!
Poetry, Words
Stranger, pause and look;From the dust of agesLift this little book,Turn the tattered pages,Read me, do not let me die!Search the fading letters findingSteadfast in the broken bindingAll that once was I!
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