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Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion. — Red Haircrow
We all know we're going to die — what's important is the kind of men and women we are in the face of this.
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. — Robert Louis Stevenson, Essays of Robert Louis Stevenson
In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to become to write that — Junot Díaz
In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep i — Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walk — Joyce Carol Oates
A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it. — Mark Twain
Discipline allows magic. To be a writer is to be the very best of assassins. You do not sit down and write every day to — Lili St. Crow
And there was that poor sucker Flaubert rolling around on his floor for three days looking for the right word. — Dorothy Parker
In politics, the pen is at its heaviest because it is weighed down by the collective responsibility it holds towards its — Aysha Taryam, The Opposite of Indifference: A Collection of Commentaries
You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are. — Joss Whedon
In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself the way you think i — Betty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Living is about capturing the essence of things. I go through my life every day with a vial, a vial wherein can be found — C. JoyBell C.
I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to myself "When di — C. JoyBell C.
I journal my joy, and my joy expands exponentially forevermore. So be it. — Amy Leigh Mercree, Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life
Sometimes your diary is the perfect listener. — Amy Leigh Mercree, Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life
I let myself play in an unbounded world of creations on the glorious written page whenever I desire. — Amy Leigh Mercree, Joyful Living: 101 Ways to Transform Your Spirit and Revitalize Your Life
Jika kita menyukai sesuatu, bagaimanapun keadaannya, kita hanya akan tetap menyukainya. Rasa suka itu tidak akan terpeng — Jee, Because It's You
Ah, ya, omong-omong, aku sangat merindukanmu. Apa kau merindukanku juga, mmm? — Jee, Because It's You
Entah mengapa, mendadak dia merasa bahwa berkenalan dengan si pemilik nama itu sepertinya akan menyenangkan. — Jee, Because It's You