The writer who possesses the creative gift owns something of which he is not always master - something that at times strangely wills and works for itself.
April 4, 2012
Quote of the Day: Charlotte Bronte
April 3, 2012
Quote of the Day: Kurt Vonnegut
My relatives say that they are glad I’m rich, but that they simply cannot read me.
February 9, 2012
Quote of the Day: Ray Bradbury
Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he’ll eventually make some kind of career for himself as writer.
November 3, 2011
Quote of the Day: Margaret Atwood
Wanting to know an author because you like his work is like wanting to know a duck because you like paté.
July 21, 2011
Quote of the Day: Logan Pearsall Smith
What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.
June 24, 2011
Quote of the Day: Burton Rascoe
What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he’s staring out of the window.
June 8, 2011
Quote of the Day: Uniek Swain
It’s not plagiarism - I’m recycling words, as any good environmentally conscious writer would do.
June 7, 2011
Quote of the Day: Samuel Johnson
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.
May 25, 2011
Quote of the Day: Thomas Mann
A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
