Writers
At The End Of The Day
“At the end of the day your ability to connect with your readers comes down to how you make them feel.” ―Benjamin J. Carey
Revenge
“Revenge is a dish best served published!” ―Lisa Kovanda
The Writer’s Only Responsibility
“The writer's only responsibility is to his art. He will be completely ruthless if he is a good one. He has a dream. It anguishes him so much he must get rid of it. He has no peace until then. Everything goes by the board: honor, pride, decency, security, happiness, all, to get the book … Continue reading The Writer’s Only Responsibility
Every Reader, As He Reads…
“Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself. The writer's work is only a kind of optical instrument he provides the reader so he can discern what he might never have seen in himself without this book. The reader's recognition in himself, of what the book says, is the proof of the … Continue reading Every Reader, As He Reads…
I Want To Be Clear About This
“I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.” ―Nikki Giovanni
The Never-Ending Excitement
I swear, I'm radiating unhappiness. Thursdays' appointment made me feel like a fucking fraud. Despite the fact that I KNOW I suffer greatly, you cannot see anything I suffer from. It's like being slapped in the face a bit. People can't help but stare at you, because they're questioning your validity of illness without knowing … Continue reading The Never-Ending Excitement
Just Because Everybody Uses Language
“Just because everybody uses language, that doesn't mean that they can write even tolerable prose.” ―Stephen Jones I'd like a moment of silence in honor of the man who said this. Bless you, sir.
Writers And Artists Build By Hand
“Writers and artists build by hand little worlds that they hope might effect change in real minds, in the real world where stories are read. A story can make us cry and laugh, break our hearts, or make us angry enough to change the world.” ―Grant Morrison
A Writer’s Most Powerful Weapon
“A writer’s most powerful weapon, his true strength, was his intuition, and regardless of whether he had any talent, if the critics combined to discredit an author’s nose for things, he would be reduced to a fearful creature who took a mistakenly guarded, absurdly cautious approach to his work, which would end up stifling his … Continue reading A Writer’s Most Powerful Weapon
