More Inspirational Quotes

Once again, I will present quotations on or about writing. This time of year always makes one think of renewal, hope and optimism. Hope you enjoy and benefit.

"The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him."
- Rachel Carson

"...after a few days at the desk, telling the truth in an interesting way turns out to be as easy and pleasurable as bathing a cat."
- Anne Lamott

"Step off assuredly into the blank of your mind. Something will come to you."
- Richard Wilbur

"There is no method except yourself."
- Harold Bloom

"To write simply is as difficult as to be good."
- Somerset Maugham

"Good enough is never good enough."
- A.B. Guthrie

"Any work of art must first of all tell a story."
- Robert Frost

"Show, don't tell."
- Henry James

"There's hardly anywhere in literature where you don't find a triangle."
- Leonard Michaels

"Self confidence can be crippling."
- Leonard Michaels

"To escape criticism - say nothing, do nothing, be nothing."
- Elbert Albee

"Uninvited critism is insult."
- John L'Heureux"

"The artists who want to be writers, read the reviews; the artists who want to write, don't."
- William Faulkner

"The book should act as a window to the word."
- Harry Duncan

"Critics sometimes appear to be addressing themselves to works other than those I remember writing."
- Joyce Carol Oates

"We never tire of friendships we form with books."
- Charles Dickens

"Creative minds always have been known to survive any kind of bad training."
- Anna Freud

"If you don't write well, you don't have to dress funny."
- James Dickey

"Half of my life is an act of revision."
- John Irving

"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."
- Thomas Mann

"Writing only leads to more writing."
- Collette

"Being a writer means being able to do the work on a bad day."
- Pierre Beaumarchais

"I am going to write because I cannot help it."
- Charlotte Bronte

"It's a despicable thing to share your personal inner torment for money."
- Frank Zappa

"I wouldn't trade my story for anything now."
- Maya Angelou

I hope these quotes were enjoyed. Next week we'll cover the children's literature awards.

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