On one of the quote sites for famous authors, I discovered a series of wise and inspiring statements. Here are a few of them...
"If my doctor told me I had only six months to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."
Isaac Asimov
"When we come to the edge of all the light we have and we must take a step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe one of two things: Either we will find something to stand on or we will be taught to fly."
Anonymous
Anonymous
"The best kind of writing, and the biggest thrill in writing, is to suddenly read a line from your typewriter that you didn't know was in you."
Larry L. King
“The poorest of us shed our blood over every chapter. The best of us start from scratch with every new book."
Raymond Chandler
"Only a mediocre writer is always at his best."
W. Somerset Maugham
W. Somerset Maugham
"Making a book is a craft; it takes more than wit to become an author."
Jean de la Bruyere
"A book is like a man - clever and dull, brave and cowardly, beautiful and ugly. For every flowering thought there will be a page like a wet and mangy mongrel, and for every looping flight a tap on the wing and a reminder that wax cannot hold the feathers firm too near the sun."
John Steinbeck
"In the tale, in the telling, we are all one blood. Take the tale in your teeth, then, and bite till the blood runs, hoping it's not poison; and we will all come to the end together, and even to the beginning: living, as we do, in the middle."
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