All Quotes By Tag: Authors
“I write to find strength.I write to become the person that hides inside me.I write to light the way through the darkness for others.I write to be seen and heard.I write to be near those I love.I write by accident, promptings, purposefully and anywhere there is paper. I write because my heart speaks a different language that someone needs to hear.I write past the embarrassment of exposure.I write because hypocrisy doesn’t need answers, rather it needs questions to heal. I write myself out of nightmares.I write because I am nostalgic, romantic and demand happy endings.I write to remember.I write knowing conversations don’t always take place.I write because speaking can’t be reread.I write to sooth a mind that races.I write because you can play on the page like a child left alone in the sand.I write because my emotions belong to the moon; high tide, low tide.I write knowing I will fall on my words, but no one will say it was for very long.I write because I want to paint the world the way I see love should be.I write to provide a legacy.I write to make sense out of senselessness.I write knowing I will be killed by my own words, stabbed by critics, crucified by both misunderstanding and understanding. I write for the haters, the lovers, the lonely, the brokenhearted and the dreamers.I write because one day someone will tell me that my emotions were not a waste of time. I write because God loves stories.I write because one day I will be gone, but what I believed and felt will live on.”
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“A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise.”
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“I’ve got the key to my castle in the air, but whether I can unlock the door remains to be seen.”
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“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.”
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“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”
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“Love what is simple and beautiful. These are the essentials.”
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“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you’re all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn’t happen much, though.”
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“You have the power to create your own reality. You can create the life that you desire. You only have to hold on to your dreams.”
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“How to win in life:1 work hard 2 complain less 3 listen more 4 try, learn, grow5 don’t let people tell you it cant be done6 make no excuses”
“The life we’re given is on a thread, so wear it well.”
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“I love words. I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail. I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum. I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over. In essence, I long for a writer’s soul sealed in ink on the page.”
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“At the end of the day your ability to connect with your readers comes down to how you make them feel.”
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“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy.”
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“Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell”
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“It’s better not to know authors personally, because the real person never corresponds to the image you form of him from reading his books.”
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