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Category Archives: Writer quotes
Ann Patchett’s COMMONWEALTH (In Percentages)
Because Maria Semple stated (in an article I read a few days ago) that she is planning to read Ann Patchett’s new novel, ‘Commonwealth’, I (who had no idea Ann Patchett had a new novel coming out, ‘Bel Canto’ still on my … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Writer quotes, Writing, WTF
Tagged 1970's, 2016, Ann Patchett, Commonwealth, Divorce, fiction writing, Maria Semple, novels, State of Wonder, writing
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Handy Resources
Brainpickings has compiled a nice list of 9 writing resources. Some are oh so familiar, perhaps all are to you. But I’m glad to be reminded of them. And quotes such as this one by Kurt Vonnegut, which you’ve probably … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Quotes, Writer quotes, Writer's Angst, Writing
Tagged 2013, books, fiction writing, Francine Prose, Kurt Vonnegut, Mary Pickford, poetry, quotes on writing, Ray Bradbury, St. Jerome, Stephen King, writer's angst, writing
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Quote For The Weekend (Mid-Year Edition Egad)
Actually, I don’t have a quote this time. But I do have a friend who, as he struggled with the final revisions of his due-to-be-published novel, literally lost his breath. Instead of celebrating his hard work, he was hospitalized. But he got … Continue reading
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Tagged 2013, chicken nuggets, fiction writing, poetry, Today Show, Trader Joe's
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Quote For The Weekend (Seriously Late Edition w/Rabbits)
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. —Anne Frank We tend to rotate which charities we give to monthly. Save The Children often tops the list. Also the Mae Tao … Continue reading
Posted in Avoiding My Writing, dog, Fiction, fish, Parakeet, Pets, Poetry, Writer quotes, Writing, WTF
Tagged 2013, Anne Frank, cats, dog, domestics, fiction writing, fish, Kahoots, labrador, life, love, Mae Tao Clinic, poetry, quotes on writing, Rabbits, Save The Children, writer's angst, writing
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Quote For The Weekend (Unchaste Edition)
True poets should be chaste, I know, but wherefore should their lines be so? —Catullus (Gaius Valerius, of course…) Of course he loved Lesbia! Sheesh. Get over it. Hopefully he ultimately got over it, IF he wasn’t 30 when he … Continue reading
Posted in Adult writing, Avoiding My Writing, Fiction, Poetry, poetry reading, Writer quotes, Writer's Angst, Writing
Tagged 2013, Catullus, fiction writing, life, poetry, quotes on writing, Rome, Sappho, Whole Foods, writer, writer's angst, writing
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Quote For The Weekend: Early Edition (Due To Colds, Flu, Pediatric Dental ER’s, Close-Family Close Calls, Going Away For The Weekend & A Unicycle That Still Needs Mastering…)
Try, fail. Try again, fail better. —Samuel Beckett In Sunday’s typically heat-knit twilight, I glance up from pinching pie crust into old-fashioned, part curtains patterned in fat cherries. A palomino trots down my street, its rider guiding with the blithe … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Theatre, Writer quotes, Writing
Tagged 2013, fiction, palominos, personal goals, poetry, unicycles, writing
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Quote For The Weekend: Squirrel Edition Via Eliot
If we had a keen vision of all that is ordinary in human life, it would be like hearing the grass grow or the squirrel’s heartbeat, and we should die of that roar, which is the other side of silence. … Continue reading
Posted in Avoiding My Writing, Fiction, Me and Us, Writer quotes, WTF
Tagged 2012, chaos, falling snow plugin, fiction writing, George Eliot, quotes on writing, squirrels, suburbia, writing
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Gopher Genius
Today, over on Nebula, writer Beth Hull’s website, Colonel Shifty offers up some vital, handy-dandy definitions of publishing terms. Secretly (or not) I am hoping that Colonel Shifty’s next post will be to announce the launch of his gopher T-shirt line–perhaps similar to … Continue reading
Quote For The Weekend (The After The Turkey Edition With Cats & Corn Pudding)
What greater gift than the love of a cat. —Charles Dickens We returned to find the dummy comforter on our bed upchucked on, the real bedding beneath saved (mwahaha!), a puddle of cat pee under the slopsink in the laundry … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Pets, Quotes, Writer quotes, Writing
Tagged 2012, cats, chaos, chardonnay, Charles Dickens, Close Encounters, domestics, Edward P. Jones, fiction writing, quotes on writing, Richard Dreyfuss, Thanksgiving, The Known World, writing
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Quote For The Weekend (Strickland Speaking–W/Swedish Au Pair)
You may have tangible wealth untold; Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be — I had a Mother who read to me. –Strickland Gillilan Who read to me: Mother, great-grandmother, grandmothers, godmother, great … Continue reading
Quote For The Weekend (The Let’s Pretend It’s Still Saturday Edition)
Quote potpourri! Quote jambalaya! Quote papier mache! Quote mixed bean salad (with balsamic vinaigrette and BPA-free writing instruments)! There is no need for a writer to eat a whole sheep to be able to tell what mutton tastes like. It … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes, Theatre, Writer quotes, Writer's Angst, Writing
Tagged 2012, Antonin Artaud, Dorothy Parker, fiction writing, Ionesco, Maughm, quotes on writing, Thoreau, writing
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Coasting From One Weekend Quote To The Next
Maybe I’m a writer because I’m desperately trying to clean up my mess. Other people go into therapy or become psychiatrists just to clean up the mess. Well, I couldn’t afford therapy at the time I needed it the most, … Continue reading
Posted in books, Children's Books, Fiction, Me and Us, To Explain, Writer quotes, Writing, Writing Progress
Tagged 2012, Batcave, cooking, domestic bliss, fiction writing, Isabelle Allende, middle grade writing, Naomi Epel, personal goals, preschoolers, quotes on writing, Wild Krats, writing
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Quote For The Weekend (The “I Totally Forgot” Edition)
Finally going to read the book. The daily act of writing remains as demanding and maddening as it was before, and the pleasure you get from writing – rare but profound – remains at the true heart of the enterprise. … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes, Writer quotes, Writer's Angst, Writing
Tagged 2012, Batcave, Earl Of Oxford, earthquakes, fiction writing, Francis Bacon, Jeffrey Eugenides, La Brea Tar Pits, labradoodles, LACMA, Matt Damon, Michael Fassbender, preschoolers, Pulitzer, Shakespeare, Shame, The Marriage Plot, We Bought A Zoo, writing
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Quote For The Weekend (Saroyan Edition)
How do you write? You write, man, you write, that’s how, and you do it the way the old English walnut tree puts forth leaf and fruit every year by the thousands. . . . If you practice an art … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Writer quotes, Writer's Angst, Writing, Writing Tips
Tagged 2012, English walnuts, fiction writing, quotes on writing, William Saroyan, writer's angst, writing
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Quote For The Weekend (Make Believe Edition–Or IS it)
When it was decided (When was that again, and by whom?) that we were all supposed to choose between fiction and nonfiction, what was not taken into account was that for some of us truth can never be an absolute, … Continue reading
Quote For The Weekend (Gore Vidal Edition)
You can’t really succeed with a novel anyway; they’re too big. It’s like city planning. You can’t plan a perfect city because there’s too much going on that you can’t take into account. You can, however, write a perfect sentence … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, Bunker Hill, Echo Park, fiction writing, Gore Vidal, KCRW, Los Angeles, NPR, poetry, quotes on writing
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Deep Summer Checkpoint
Two summers ago I wrote: I create escape beneath my yard’s wind- bent gazebo, books on spread gingham, the shrunk house I dragged into our shade, ticking stove, stranger’s voice in the toy wall phone he refuses. Create with a … Continue reading
Quote For The Weekend (Heatwave Edition)
Have we fallen into a mesmerized state that makes us accept as inevitable that which is inferior or detrimental, as though having lost the will or the vision to demand that which is good? Such thinking, in the words of … Continue reading
Posted in books, Fiction, Writer quotes, Writing
Tagged 2012, Author quotes, heatwaves, life, Paul Shepard, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, writing
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