"It's a job. It's not a hobby. You have to sit down and work, to schedule your time and stick to it. Even if it's just for an hour or so each day, if you're going to make writing succeed you have to approach it as a job." ~ Rosellen Brown ~

"I show up at my desk at nine o'clock every morning, and I think part of the issue of flow is presenting yourself for the task. I think your internal process needs to be geared to the fact that you will show up for work at a certain time." ~ Sue Grafton ~

"To write is, above all else, to construct a life." ~ Deena Metzger ~

"When you write, you lay out a line of words. The line of words is a miner's pick, a woodcarver's gouge, a surgeon's probe. You wield it, and it digs a path you follow. You make the path boldly and follow it fearfully. You go where the path leads." ~ Annie Dillard ~~

"In my experience, there is only one motivation, and that is desire. No reasons or principles contain it or stand against it." ~ Jane Smiley ~

"Far away in the sunshine are my highest inspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they may lead." ~Lousia May Alcott~

"Most new discoveries are suddenly-seen things that were always there." ~ Susanne K. Langer ~

"The last thing one discovers in writing a book is what to put first."

~Blaise Pascal~

Message edited on: 07/31/2004 09:28

Stories are signposts to help the world choose between the darkness and the light. - Arago, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne Thought I'd add one :)

Thank you! I'm afraid I lapsed for a few days. :) That's a good one.