Quotes by Writing We like the wrong sorts of girls, they wrote. They are usually the ones worth writing about. Catherynne M. Valente girlfriendgirlwriting I'm sure you've heard people talk about their Heart's Desire—well that's a load of rot. Hearts are idiots. They're big and squishy and full of daft dreams. They flounce off to write poetry and moon at folk who aren't worth the mooning. Bones are the ones that have to make the journey, fight the monster, kneel before whomever is big on kneeling these days. Bones do the work for the heart's grand plans. Bones know what you need. Hearts only know want. Catherynne M. Valente dreamheartwriting Someone ought to write a novel about me,” said Lebedeva loftily. “I shouldn’t care if they lied to make it more interesting, as long as they were good lies, full of kisses and daring escapes and the occasional act of barbarism. I can’t abide a poor liar. Catherynne M. Valente liarswritinglying Someone ought to write a novel about me. Catherynne M. Valente oughtnovelwriting Alphabet Juice is the book Roy Blount was born to write, which considering his prodigious talent, is saying a lot. Did you know that the word LAUGH is linguistically related to chickens and pie? This is the book that any of us who urgently, passionately love words-to read them, roll them over the tongue and learn their life stories while laughing and eating chicken and pie-were lucky enough to be born to read. Cathleen Schine piewritingbook You can never be too paranoid. Cathy Crimmins paranoidwritingfunny My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in my diary, eating everything in the kitchen and waiting for Mr. Wrong to call. Cathy Guisewite motherwaitingwriting I'm very selective about what I write about, and whom I write about, and how much I write about somebody. Cathy Horyn writing I don't wait for inspiration. I get up and write every day. Cathy Marie Buchanan inspirationwaitingwriting I feel that if you made your writing too contrived to meet the market, it wouldn't be any good. Cathy Marie Buchanan madewritingfeels Adam Ezra writes with the heart of a troubadour and sings like a rock star. He is truely a fresh voice in singer/songwriter scene. Catie Curtis starsheartwriting I'm pretty social so it's hard for me to find solitude, but I need to have solitude to write. Catie Curtis solitudewritingneeds So, once I get writing I really try and put five to eight hours a day in my room with a guitar to really try and come up with stuff that feels interesting enough to me to keep it. Catie Curtis eightguitarwriting What a woman says to an eager lover, write it on running water, write it on air. Catullus womenwritingrunning What women say to lovers, you'll agree, One writes on running water or on air. Catullus airwritingrunning I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly wantonness. Catullus accessyouthwriting People put off writing thinking they don't have the time or enough of an opinion to matter and that is crap. You are the only one standing in your own way, so get started. C.C. Chapman writingpeoplethinking I have taught the long poem off and on for years. The more book-length poems I read and studied and taught the more interested I was in the possibilities in writing a poetry that applied formal and substantive options of narrative and non-narrative, lyric and non-lyric. I found many pleasures in this kind of writing. The long poem is as old as the art form. C.D. Wright writinglongart I have both experienced and witnessed a great deal of suffering in my life, and that has informed my art. I'm here today, because I'm a fighter. I didn't survive my life to ask permission to write my books. C.E. Morgan writingbookart The idea that writing about characters of another race requires a passage through a critical gauntlet, which involves apology and self-examination of an almost punitive nature, as though the act of writing race was somehow morally suspect, is a dangerous one. This approach appears culturally sensitive, but often it reveals a failure of nerve. I believe the demand that we ought to reveals a species of fascism within the left - an embrace of political correctness with its required silences, which has left people afraid to offend or take a stand. C.E. Morgan writingcharacterbelieve«207208209210211212213214215216217»
