Author Quotes - Page 5

Literature is that neuter, that composite, that oblique into which every subject escapes, the trap where all identity is lost, beginning with the very identity of the body that writes.

The feeling that the work is magnificent, and the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ignored, or killed, but not indulged.

What you do is your choice. You can make good or bad choices, but there will never be any right or wrong to who you are.

18. Your life is before you. Be careful of the choices you make now that you could regret later. This regret is the subject of an old poem whose author has been forgotten. I hope you’ll never have reason to apply it to yourself.tAcross the fields of yesterday,tHe sometimes comes to metA little lad just back from play—tThe boy I used to be.tHe looks at me so wistfullytWhen once he’s crept within;tIt is as if he hoped to seetThe man I might have been.

The thing about being a screenwriter, scriptwriter, or scenarist, You get to have multiple personalities and not be charged!

No, I will not join your Civil War reenactment troupe.

An idea can be born from many things. Dreams, food, people... Ideas are everywhere. It's up to you on how you utilize them.

Sometimes when I prepare to write, I feel the same sensation wash over me as if my toes were curling over the brink of a high cliff, my gaze peering downward into a dark pond, and I anxiously wonder, will the water prove deep enough? Will my words be satisfactory?

To lead and live the life of your dream, you must arise and be in-charge of the authorship of your own destiny.

Say what you mean and mean what you say. Don’t be afraid to stand firm on the decisions that you make. Trust yourself. Believe in your instincts. Do what works best for YOU. Stay true to yourself and be good to yourself. Allow every decision that you make to empower, enrich, and add value to your life!

Embrace what works and discard what doesn't.

People who make snide comments to authors like "anyone can write a book" or "well, you did it, so obviously I can/it can't be that hard" or poke at a book because it's "romance" or "genre fiction" and act like that somehow makes it substandard because they don't read it... well, ok, go ahead. Write a bestseller. Don't forget to go through the correct edit process. We'll wait.

Building bridges is the best defence against ignorance.

Manufactured spirit is much more reliable than organic spirit.

Fall into the cavern of my mind, and together there, we will dine.

It all comes down to the written word and just how comfortable I am writing them.

Ignorance isn't a sword. It's a weight that drags a soul swirling to the bottom of the sea.

As I have pointed out before, characters are not born like people, of woman; they are born of a situation, a sentence, a metaphor containing in a nutshell a basic human possibility that the author thinks no one else has discovered or said something essential about. But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself?

A well-developed and versed character will write the story for you.

Where Do You Show Up to Share What You Have to Offer?When You Love What You Do-You Share It Daily

In a certain sense, you do write to seduce the world, but when it happens, you begin to feel like a whore. The disparity between your life and your work turns out to be as great as ever. And the people seduced by your work are usually seduced by all the wrong reasons.

Independence means.. enjoying freedom and empowering others too to let them do so.

As a novelist it is my job to tell stories that inspire and entertain but I am increasingly mindful that many of these historical tales (which of themselves are fascinating) relate directly to our issues in society today.

Think not of the fragility of life, but of the power of books, when mere words can change our lives simply by being next to each other.

The heroine might be unsure. And the reader. But I don’t think the author should be.

The BEST revenge is to be fabulous.

When life gives you lemons...add melted butter , toasted paprika and dip some lobster in it!

If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.

Love is just a mask. All we search is a Comfort, Acceptance. Consolation. Affirmation. Assurance. Indulgence. Isolation. Absolution and Remission.

At times in life you must rediscover your footing.

You can't lose sleep over should-of's and could-of's.

When you write, you are telling a story...to yourself. When you revise, you are telling a story to yourself...over and over again.

Your hair is your halo, Wear it well!

I believe the uncertain times are almost upon us, and they are much more uncertain than I imagined.

Every programmer is an author.

A writer may not know the way at first; but if he endeavors to complete his task, he carves a path with his story, a knowledge shortcut.

Music written by teams makes the authorship of a piece indistinct. Could it be that when hearing a song written by a team, a listener can sense that they aren't hearing an expression of a solitary individual's pain or joy, but that of a virtual conjoined person? Can we tell that an individual singer might actually represent a collective, that he might have multiple identities? Does that make the sentiments expressed more poetically universal? Dan eliminating some portion of the authorial voice make a piece of music more accessible and the singer more empathetic?

Now let's talk about dreams. Yes. Dreams. I believe that dreams are one of the best thing in the world. It's so powerful. Because of people dreaming; things are being done and things are being made. Things happen. Dreams are being manifested to beautiful things. Dreams can make people happy, but sad as well (if they don't happen). Well let me tell you, I believe dreams come true because one person decided it so.

Magic and mystery writing follow the same, time-tested, three-act structure to stage their drama; set the scene, build the suspense, reveal the answer. In magic, these phases are known as the pledge, the turn and the prestige.

What gives meaning to your life is rooted in your definition of the author of life.

An inspirational writer's life is an open book that never shuts. Choose your words carefully.

Dig Deep! When the task at hand seems to be very difficult. Dig Deep! Whenever you feel you're drifting away from your intended course. Dig Deep! When others doubt you and say it can't be done. Dig Deep! Whenever you feel like giving up. Dig Deep! When life throws you a curve ball. If you quit, you'll never hit that homerun

Reading poetry is like undressing before a bath. You don't undress out of fear that your clothes will become wet. You undress because you want the water to touch you. You want to completely immerse yourself in the feeling of the water and to emerge anew.

There seemed no reason why she shouldn't try writing something in between, but she was discovering once again that reading and writing were not the same - you couldn't just soak it up and then squeeze it out again.

You never know what you will write until you write it

144461I know very little having to do with human beings that doesn't also have to do with connection. We want to be noticed, we want to be good enough, we want friends, and we want to be loved. We want our place to stand.

I might be tempted to socialize more if the conversations taking place around me were half as interesting as the dialogue going on inside my head.