Nov 4 Posted by WFYS

Quote of the week: Nothing bad can happen to a writer

. Nothing bad can happen to a writer. Everything is material. ~~Philip Roth, novelist, 1933- . . . (image... read more

Jan 23 Posted by WFYS

Quote of the week: Widely separated words

I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces. ~~Harold Ross, founding editor of The New Yorker, 1892-1951 . read more

Jan 16 Posted by WFYS

Quote of the week: Getting the reader under the bed

You need not expect to get your book right the first time. Go to work and revamp or rewrite it. God only exhibits his thunder and lightning at intervals, and so they always command attention. These are God’s adjectives. You thunder and lightning too much; the reader ceases to get under the bed, by and by. ~~Mark Twain, author and humorist,... read more

Jan 9 Posted by WFYS

Quote of the week: The only secret of style

  Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style. ~~Matthew Arnold, poet and critic, 1822-1888 . .   . read more

Jan 2 Posted by WFYS

Quote of the week: Six minutes to live

  If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster. ~~Isaac Asimov, science-fiction writer, 1920-1992   . . read more

Dec 26 Posted by WFYS

Quote of the week: Clamoring to become visible

The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible. ~~Vladimir Nabakov, Russian novelist,... read more