Author Quotes - Page 4

Live your life in such a way that you'll be remembered for your kindness, compassion, fairness, character, benevolence, and a force for good who had much respect for life, in general.

The BEST revenge is to be fabulous.

We all have a vision, a dream to hope for. Some chase it and some wish upon it.. Who do you think, wins? the chaser finds ways to create it, regardless of the fight, the wisher finds way to excuse it, because courage doesn't fill their hearts.

The true reader must be an extension of the author. He is the higher court that receives the case already prepared by the lower court. The feeling by means of which the author has separated out the materials of his work, during reading separates out again the unformed and the formed aspects of the book—and if the reader were to work through the book according to his own idea, a second reader would refine it still more, with the result that, since the mass that had been worked through would constantly be poured into fresh vessels, the mass would finally become an essential component—a part of the active spirit.Through impartial rereading of his book the author can refine his book himself. With strangers the particular character is usually lost, because the talent of fully entering into another person’s idea is so rare. Often even in the author himself. It is not a sign of superior education and greater powers to justifiably find fault with a book. When receiving new impressions, greater sharpness of mind is quite natural.

She lost touch with reality and was dragged into her imagination.

What the future held for spirit, Emily could only imagine.

Free time is a terrible thing to waste. Read a book.

It is not so much as to say that something has occured; but to describe the very essence of the occurance. One must take hold of his readers and pull them into his world...the world that he has penned, with the utmost care and attentiveness. And then, when the readers are fully submerged in this magnificently crafted place of wonder; they will see, and touch, and smell, and feel all the elements of the author's imagination.

Miss, I'd gladly pay you to remove your clothes.

A long time ago, I gave up trying to understand how other people think.

Sometimes in life confusion tends to arise and only dialogue of dance seems to make sense.

I want to be able to speak to as many people as I can in my life and share this with the world!

There's more to a person than flesh. Judge others by the sum of their soul and you'll see that beauty is a force of light that radiates from the inside out.

Cowards say it can't be done, critics say it shouldn't have been done, creator say well done.

If spirit is the seed, dance is the water of its evolution.

Each and every decision you make, regardless of its level of intensity, is vitally important as you seek to do God’s will.

If you have a surprise idea, don't let it go! No matter if it's 4 AM, 6 AM or 12 AM, don't let it go! It might have been a great one!

For some, like me, writing comes at a price. My best creations were written while I was emotionally ripped open. I've spent some scenes so mentally self-exposed that I could barely see what I was writing. And as I sit here-my heart pounding, heaviness threatening to pull my heart down to my stomach, I ask myself this question...are you ready to bleed some more? I smile and without pause, I pull up my current WIP.

Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.

She had words in her heart which she released thru her fingertips.

I'm pretty much looking for beauty all the time. It just seems like some days the light is better to see it.

THEY STOLE YOUR STYLEBUT THEY COULDN'T STEAL YOUR GLOW

If you aren't polite when giving criticism you will come off as an awful person and if you aren't polite when receiving criticism you will come off as an awful person.

Erasing is exercise for the hands

Words and laws in this world made place for signs and symbols.

Beside every great writer is a great listener.

The universe on your skin is emptyfrom all the silence on your tongue.Forgive yourself. Let your body healfrom all the wounds you did not inflicton yourself. Drop the sword you carryon your shoulder for self-defense.Lower the armor you hold high upfor protection. Those who harmed youare not going to come back. Those whohave left never intended to return.

If you've never experienced something and don't know how to write about it, then make it a fantasy book. It gives you a lot of freedom.

Your book goes places you may never go and helps people you may never meet

When I finally find that one willing agent, I'll have found my prize in the Cracker Jack box.

Never Let The Roosters Wake You!

I write flawed characters. Ones that do not always make the best decisions and are driven by ambition or lust. They are not black or white, they are in the large space that exists between.

Yes, yes, yes we say,without a thought for the day.Running and fretting to make ends meetrushing from Susie to Joe and to Pete.Our lives, in upheaval, have turned to a tizzy,never completing, because we're too busy.All we must do for a tranquil soulis employ a word, just one, called NO.

A deed done to others, but for yourself is not a worthy one at all. Instead, place another before you; in this way, you can be sure your moral compass always points North.

Dance, Live, Sing, Cry, Love, Travel and Love again, until the day you have to stop

The irony of a writer is he/she craves privacy to pen words that crave the public.

If I had time, I would become timeless.

To master magical realism, one must make the real seem unreal but, more importantly, make the unreal seem real.

It’s despicable of an author to kill his main personage solely for stirring imagination of indifferent or mean minds.

Muse’s creations are predominately lyrical often resulting in poetic sonnets and fairytale like art.

Do not put statements in the negative form.And don't start sentences with a conjunction.If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that agreat deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.Unqualified superlatives are the worst of all.De-accession euphemisms.If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

She was in awe of all his work. 'How do you do it?" she asked.He smiled and said, 'By loving you.

Let today mark a new beginning for you. Give yourself permission to say NO without feeling guilty, mean, or selfish. Anybody who gets upset and/or expects you to say YES all of the time clearly doesn’t have your best interest at heart. Always remember: You have a right to say NO without having to explain yourself. Be at peace with your decisions.

It was a flight, a kind of fleeing, a kind of falling, falling higher and higher, spinning off the edge of the earth and beyond the sun and through the vast silent vacuum where there were no burdens and where everything weighed exactly nothing.

Everyone writes with hand, but very few can write with heart

Writing is magic happening on paper

I am so happy that I made someone cry today - don't worry I'm a writer. It's when they make me cry that it's a problem.

A writer reports on the universe. When he presents his credentials, the gates of heaven and hell are equally opened to him. He can hear the devil’s defense and god’s accusations. The guards at the king’s heart let him in. The writer can be anything and any one he wants. When he writes he is a god, he creates.

As long as they talk about you, you're not really dead, as long as they speak your name, you continue. A legend doesn't die, just because the man dies.

When I die cremate me so I can finally fit into something small.

Artists, especially writers, great writers, are the most honest people I know. There are deep confessions in their words. And if we're strong enough to expose the spaces between them, we find truths there also.

What's cheaper than a gallon of gas? An ebook. Save a dollar, stay home and read!

Be good, or good at it.

If you're stuck in a puddle, it means there's higher ground all around you, you just have to step onto it.

People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two.

Don't wonder why your time hasn't come yet. When you plant a seed, it always takes a while to grow. Don't be hasty. Think, plan, hustle.

Idolatry happens when you worship or praise anything excessively to the point of causing you to believe it reigns supreme. All things on this earth are temporal, even your very own desires. Be careful that you do not create idols to worship.

Isn't the smell of coffee the best alarm clock?

A novel is a writer's rant disguised as entertainment...

I surround myself with books when I write, thus surrounding myself with writers... only they don't critique me and then get up for coffee.