“Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.” ― Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (AD 35-100)
quote of the week
Quote of the Week #9
“When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.” —Mary Higgins Clark
Quote of the Week #7
“Sometimes the ideas just come to me. Other times I have to sweat and almost bleed to make ideas come. It’s a mysterious process, but I hope I never find out exactly how it works. I like a mystery, as you may have noticed.” ~ J.K. Rowling
Quote of the Week #6
“The English language is an arsenal of weapons. If you are going to brandish them without checking to see whether or not they are loaded, you must expect to have them explode in your face from time to time.” ~ Stephen Fry
Quote of the Week #5
This goes well with the previous post:
“Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don’t forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.” ~ Paula Danziger
Quote of the Week #4
“I only write when I’m inspired, so I see to it that I’m inspired every morning at nine o’clock.” ~ Peter De Vries
Quote of the Week #3
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” ~ Stephen King
Quote of the Week #2
“It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.” ~ Ernest Hemingway
Quote of the Week #1
“The only way to guarantee that you will never be published, is to quit writing.”