In the best interest of profession, a writer should sometimes refrain from writing.
The self-addressed stamped envelope. The representation of everything that was wrong with the old publishing industry.
Don't ever rely on one job, business contact, etc for your main source of income. Receive multiple sources of income for success.
Writing is more about telling other peoples' stories than your own
I like to make blank pages darker. It's this thing I do.
Read and write all the time. Never stop sending out your stuff. If you're constantly writing and sending stuff out, eventually someone will bite.
We may think of ourselves as static anti-heroes, but in reality we're dynamic protagonists just waiting for our courage to kick in.
Some of my greatest successes in business are simply the result of taking huge, calculated risks.
I know, not everyone will like what I write, but writing is not about trying to please everybody.
Most people assume I write at night because of the kind of books I write, but I can shut out the light with my mind.
Toni Morrison said, The function of freedom is to free someone else, and if you are no longer wracked or in bondage to a person or a way of life, tell your story. Risk freeing someone else. Not everyo...
I lose it when I can't write. I feel sad and confused and fucked off.
Her words are her wings. She's flying.
One day, I decided I was going to write books forever.
Stop now and decide to never worry again about what others think about you.
But perhaps people who liked to write aways made lists! Just for the fun of it.
Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.
Have you noticed how prejudice still exists today? For instance, now they challenge famous people for their past achievements: People like Christopher Columbus and now even Vince Lombardi. Nothing sur...
Do what you love, especially if your sharing the word
By living, thinking, even dreaming the story in one continuous process, ideas came faster and faster. Sometimes the typewriter keys would fly so fast that I wondered if my fingers could keep up with t...
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