tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post111671978693226063..comments2023-10-11T09:22:33.136-04:00Comments on Paperback Writer: Quote ThemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116937658499921842005-05-24T08:27:00.000-04:002005-05-24T08:27:00.000-04:00My teeth hurt now...My teeth hurt now...Lyvviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03660287093457746992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116854993018336712005-05-23T09:29:00.000-04:002005-05-23T09:29:00.000-04:00Australian author Sara Henderson:"Don't wait for a...Australian author Sara Henderson:<BR/>"Don't wait for a light to appear at the end of the tunnel. Stride down there… and light the bloody thing yourself."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116838375329056272005-05-23T04:52:00.000-04:002005-05-23T04:52:00.000-04:00Robert E Howard (1906-36) provided me with a manif...Robert E Howard (1906-36) provided me with a manifesto in his poem "Musings"<BR/><BR/><I>The little poets sing of little things:<BR/>Hope, cheer, and faith, small queens and puppet kings;<BR/>Lovers who kissed and then were made as one,<BR/>And modest flowers waving in the sun.<BR/>The mighty poets write in blood and tears<BR/>And agony that, flame-like, bites and sears.<BR/>They reach their mad blind hands into the night,<BR/>To plumb abysses dead to human sight;<BR/>To drag from gulfs where lunacy lies curled,<BR/>Mad, monstrous nightmare shapes to blast the world. </I>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116820368001113722005-05-22T23:52:00.000-04:002005-05-22T23:52:00.000-04:00A writer is someone who has more problems writing ...<I>A writer is someone who has more problems writing than other people. </I> Thomas Mann<BR/><BR/>After I had the chance to see some of his original notes and manuscript pages, I accepted my Internal Editor. There's still a chance to get a Nobel Prize despite that bugger sitting on my shoulder. LOLGabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116784235122695502005-05-22T13:50:00.000-04:002005-05-22T13:50:00.000-04:00It is a cardinal sin to bore the reader." -Larry N...It is a cardinal sin to bore the reader." -Larry NivenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116779156677420912005-05-22T12:25:00.000-04:002005-05-22T12:25:00.000-04:00Three favorites:"Writing equals ass plus chair." Q...Three favorites:<BR/>"Writing equals ass plus chair." Quentin Tarantino<BR/><BR/>"It's only a book." Lawrence Block<BR/><BR/>"If you're blocked, lower your sights." Lawrence Block<BR/><BR/>Charlene Teglia<BR/>www.charleneteglia.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116774322100124472005-05-22T11:05:00.000-04:002005-05-22T11:05:00.000-04:00“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t qu...“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.”<BR/><BR/>~Richard Bach~Maripathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889925836344652436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116773651529697322005-05-22T10:54:00.000-04:002005-05-22T10:54:00.000-04:00I have a couple of favorites:Substitute "damn" eve...I have a couple of favorites:<BR/><BR/>Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very;" your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. ~Mark Twain<BR/><BR/>And<BR/><BR/>"When writing a novel that's pretty much entirely what life turns into: 'House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all in all it was a pretty good day.'<BR/>- Neil Gaiman<BR/><BR/>But I just found this one:<BR/><BR/>Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ~Anton ChekhovAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116772155835069412005-05-22T10:29:00.000-04:002005-05-22T10:29:00.000-04:00Years ago, Writer's Digest published a list of fif...Years ago, Writer's Digest published a list of fifty tips from famous writers. 49 people said 49 intelligent, useful, poetic things, but the 50th was the one I've never forgotten:<BR/><BR/><I>Write something every day.</I><BR/>-- Roger Zelazny<BR/><BR/>:) MistyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116771701919744482005-05-22T10:21:00.000-04:002005-05-22T10:21:00.000-04:00None of these are specifically by writers, but all...None of these are specifically by writers, but all have helped me with my writing. FM members will recognize these from my signature line on the forums.<BR/><BR/>Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.-- Yoda<BR/><BR/>Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just get up and go to work.--Chuck Close<BR/><BR/>If you think you can, or if you think you can't, you're right.--Henry FordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116761547500475812005-05-22T07:32:00.000-04:002005-05-22T07:32:00.000-04:00"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader"- ..."No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader"- Robert FrostEllenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00345856694410479930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116745245673497372005-05-22T03:00:00.000-04:002005-05-22T03:00:00.000-04:00"The two most beautiful words in the English langu..."The two most beautiful words in the English language are 'check enclosed.'”<BR/><BR/>--Dorothy Parker <BR/><BR/>"Language is a virus from outer space."<BR/><BR/>--William Burroughs<BR/><BR/>"And there is absolutely no evidence that i could write a good book. It might perfectly well be the most awful weasel vomit."<BR/><BR/>--Brenda Ueland<BR/><BR/>But what I have taped to the top of my computer monitor is this:<BR/><BR/>"Everything is futile but you must do it anyway, because effort is full victory."<BR/><BR/>--GandhiCornelia Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690027252725967075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116742819174155782005-05-22T02:20:00.000-04:002005-05-22T02:20:00.000-04:00Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends,...Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.<BR/><BR/>-Lawrence Clark PowellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116739413961312262005-05-22T01:23:00.000-04:002005-05-22T01:23:00.000-04:00"All glory comes from daring to begin."It's on a p..."All glory comes from daring to begin."<BR/><BR/>It's on a poster for GOALS and applies to more than writing, but it always gives me a kick in the pants when i need it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116737033457499762005-05-22T00:43:00.000-04:002005-05-22T00:43:00.000-04:00"If you want to be a writer, you must do two thing..."If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot."<BR/><BR/>~ Stephen KingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116736209244073622005-05-22T00:30:00.001-04:002005-05-22T00:30:00.001-04:00My favorite is kind of an odd one, really, but rem...My favorite is kind of an odd one, really, but reminds me that you just can't please everyone:<BR/><BR/>"Another damned, thick, square, book! Always scribble, scribble, scribble! Eh! Mr. Gibbon?" <BR/><BR/>William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, upon receiving the second volume of Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire from the author, 1781Zettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01837114270302314607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343238.post-1116736207662868382005-05-22T00:30:00.000-04:002005-05-22T00:30:00.000-04:00"It has never been, and never will be easy work! B..."It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination."<BR/><BR/>-- Marion Zimmer Bradley<BR/><BR/>"Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars."<BR/>-- Les BrownNonny Blackthornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02921408573581637909noreply@blogger.com