Don’t be seduced into thinking that that which doesn’t make a profit is without value.
– Arthur Miller
Value…
Category: Reflections
What Counts?
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.
– Winston Churchill
Why Write?
You write in order to change the world. If you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it.
—James Baldwin
Creativity
In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy.
– Albert Einstein
Franklin’s Rules
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
—Benjamin Franklin
Capote’s Rules
I think most writers, even the best, overwrite. I prefer to underwrite. Simple, clear as a country creek.
—Truman Capote
Hemingway’s Rules
There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.
—Ernest Hemingway
An Artist’s fear…
If you are not afraid of the voices inside you, you will not fear the critics outside you.
—Natalie Goldberg
Alternate Facts…
Get your facts first then you may distort them as you please.
—Mark Twain
Suspicious…
I’m a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.
—Alfred Hitchcock
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