Alexandre Dumas

 “As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.”

Stephen King

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”

Anaïs Nin

 “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”

Mark Twain

 “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”

Anita Diamant

 “Of all life’s pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.”

Anita Diamant

 “I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.”

Anita Diamant

"The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place."