“ To be a successful fiction writer you have to write well, write a lot … and let ‘em know you’ve written it! Then rinse and repeat. Gerard de Marigny
“ Most writing is done between the mind and the hand, not between the hand and the page. Janet Burroway
“ And so many things get lost. Not just a set of keys or a photograph of your father with his first truck, but the door those keys once opened, the childhood house you long ago walked into, the father w… Lorna Crozier
“ First and foremost, I am me. I'm real. I don't write to impress. I write to express. RaeBeth McGee-Buda
“ Imagine in vibrant, wonderful detail your heart’s desire—a reality only you can envision, an adventure only you can direct.Then cradle your creation. Caress it. Mold it. Coddle it until it comes to li… Richelle E. Goodrich
“ And it was about then, about that time, that I began to find life unsatisfactory as an explanation of itself and was forced to adopt the method of the artist of not explaining but putting the blocks t… Tennessee Williams
“ A book is kind of like a good Horcrux, if we can imagine that -- a piece of the writer's soul, preserved in a physical object for all time, and changing the lives of all those who come in contact with… Cheryl B. Klein
“ Don’t waste time waiting for inspiration. Begin, and inspiration will find you. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“ God wants you to bring glory to his name. He desires you to challenge others with your story becoming glory. He aspires to use your exemplary life as a model to today’s and tomorrow’s generations. Yes… Sesan Kareem
“ You can run from Tokyo to Toronto, from Cairo to Bamako and end your sojourn in Okokomaiko in order to proffer solutions to your life’s challenges, but this will not guarantee you victory. You can dec… Sesan Kareem
“ Go and find what it is that inspires you, go and find what it is that you love and go do that until it hurts. Don’t quit, and don’t give up. The reward is just around the corner. And in times of doubt… Chip & Joanna Gaines
“ How liberating it must be to stop evading, questioning, or complaining about your trials and start embracing them as opportunities to draw closer to God, to realize that even if Jesus is all you have,… Colleen Carroll Campbell
“ It is difficult to have faith when our hearts are consumed by fear, but it is when we are afraid that we need to hang onto our faith the most. A.A. Frias
“ We are the masters of our own destinies, and only we can allow our hearts to be filled, and enable our souls to be happy. No amount of power or mercy can change a heart from empty to whole, or change… Michael Brent Jones
“ It is not you that is flawed or broken, it is the space in your heart yet to be filled, that has been given to guilt that takes away the strength you needed to overcome the trials ahead of you. That i… Michael Brent Jones
“ Your connection to yourself is also your connection to the divine. The more you are connected to yourself, the more you are connected to the divine. They are one and the same. Renae A. Sauter