Quote of the Week

Quote of the week: “If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” - Toni Morrison



Inspirational

Quote of the Week

Be inspired to write! A listing of inspirational quotes posted as Quote of the Week in the past. Look for new quotes each week at the top of the blog underneath the butterfly banner! 

“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” - Toni Morrison


“Writing is 99% thinking, and the rest is typing.” - Ray Bradbury

“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them.” - Walt Disney
 
 "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein
 
 "Great writers disappear as their story comes alive." Michael Knost

 "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." -Ernest Hemingway

"When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something" -Steve Jobs

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." -Benjamin Franklin

"It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." -Ursula K. Le Guin

"Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery." -Henry Miller
 
"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." -Lao Tzu

"The ultimate inspiration is the deadline." -Nolan Bushnell
 
"Your greatest success comes from the ashes of your greatest failures." -Napoleon Hill

"We must become the change we want to see." -Mahatma Gandhi


 "If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood.  I'd type a little faster."  -Isaac Asimov

"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." - Samuel Johnson

"A great story sometimes require us to be the bad guy and let bad things happen to our characters. It's important to remember that in the end it doesn't matter what you want, it's what the story needs." -Cynthia Griffin
 
"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S. Lewis

"We must become the change we want to see."- Mahatma Gandhi

"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader—not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon."- E.L. Doctorow  

"Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."-Anton Chekhov
 
"It’s not enough to create magic. You have to create a price for magic, too. You have to create rules."-Eric A. Burns

"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise.  The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." -Sylvia Plath

"Do it every day. Make a habit of putting your observations into words and gradually this will become instinct. This is the most important rule of all and, naturally, I don't follow it." - Geoff Dyer

"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure." - Samuel Johnson 

"The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense." -Tom Clancy



Inspirational Blogs Posted

It's not easy to be inspired to write, but every once in awhile a light comes to show the path. I hope that some of my blog posts can be that light for some. You'll find any blog posts that can be connected to "being inspired" here to be viewed for easy access.

The Missing Muse Part 2: Rediscovering the Magic

The Missing Muse Part 1: Where Did the Magic Go?