In
honor of the month of November, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo!),
I've decided to compile *42 FANTASTIC WRITERLY QUOTES* to inspire you ^_^!
They
aren’t in any particular order. Some are hilarious, some are blunt, some are
nurturing…but they’re all inspiring. So read and interpret at your leisure, and
if you hit a slump, come back for more!
My
NaNoWriMo participation isn't going to result in a full length novel...and I'm
ok with that because I have a portfolio to submit for a scholarship and I want
to WIN IT. (Or, more accurately, one of the awards the Foundation offers for it.)
So
even if you can’t write a full novel, write something. You’ll be glad you did :)!
If
you're feeling discouraged about your plot, characters, and/or word count, read
on!
If
you’re simply looking for some inspiration to get you started or keep you going,
read on!
If
you’re not sure if you really want to jump on this wagon of crazy (it’s fun…you
know you want to…), read on!
"Is life not a hundred times too short for us to stifle
ourselves?" ~Friedrich Nietzsche
"It's never too late to be what you might have been."
~George Eliot
"The heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden
flight. But they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the
night." ~Thomas S. Monson
"If you've FINISHED writing a novel you are amongst the
elite!!! You ARE NOT A FAILURE IF YOU CANNOT LIVE OFF YOUR BOOKS. You only fail
by NOT TRYING." ~Nadia Cornier
“Every writer I know has trouble
writing.” ~Joseph Heller
“You write to communicate to the hearts and
minds of others what’s burning inside you. And we edit to let the fire show
through the smoke.” ~Arthur Plotnik
"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight
of the shore." ~André Gide
“The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the
first time, unlike, say, brain surgery." ~Robert Cormier
“A one-page breakthrough
starts an avalanche.” ~Nancy K. Haddock
"When asked, 'How do you write?' I
invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'” ~Stephen King
"It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or fortune but
just yourself that kept things from you." ~Lillian Hellman
“Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were
to success when they gave up.” ~Thomas Edison
"I dwell in possibility." ~Emily Dickenson
“Pay no attention to what the critics
say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.” ~Jean Sibelius
“Metaphors have a way of holding
the most truth in the least space.” ~Orson
Scott Card
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment
and in retrospection.” ~Anaïs Nin
"There were days when I wondered if I was a glutton for
punishment or simply delusional. However, my writing must have been improving
because one day I found myself with three agents interested in my latest
manuscript." ~Lois Winston
"We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,
talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small does not serve the world." ~Marianne Williamson
“There is no agony like having an
untold story inside you.” ~Zora Neale Hurston
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live.” ~Joan Didion
“I'm not going to limit myself just because people won't accept the fact
that I can do something else.” ~Dolly Parton
“If your ship hasn't come in--swim out to it.” ~Mary
Engelbreit
“If you have built castles in the
air, your work need not be lost; there is where they should be. Now put
foundations under them.” ~Henry David Thoreau
“My books are water;
those of the great geniuses are wine. Everybody drinks water.” ~Mark
Twain
“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly.” ~Buckminster
Fuller
“The expert at anything was once a beginner.” ~Hayes
"All writers are crazy. So never mind what the editors and
your family and your critique
group tells you. Submit your manuscripts
and keep submitting until you get an offer. Then
you can be crazy, with a paycheck." ~Mary Janice Davidson
