Quotation of the Week: E.B. White
A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.
–E.B. White
Source: @AdvicetoWriters
This one should be taped above my computers at work AND home!
A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.
–E.B. White
Source: @AdvicetoWriters
This one should be taped above my computers at work AND home!
“As far as I’m concerned, I don’t care if it’s a hardback, paperback, e-book or library book. Read.”
–John Grisham
Source: Grisham’s Commencement speech at the University of North Carolina, quoted by The Book Blog.
“I’m against schedules. Write when you feel excited by the prospect. Otherwise, don’t bother.”
–Rick Moody
Source: The Paris Review
What do you think of this one, practicing writers? Kind of goes against a lot of what we’ve been taught, doesn’t it? On the other hand, it does sound wonderfully liberating!
“I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.”
–Françoise Sagan
Source: Quotes4Writers (I imagine that a translator should be credited here, but I have to go with what I’ve found. As the French say, désolée!)
“When the language lends itself to me, when it comes and submits, when it says ‘I am yours darling,’—that’s the best part.”
– Maya Angelou, via The Paris Review (on Twitter)