found in THE WRITERS BOOK OF HOPE by ralph keyes (thanks to a "writer friend" for passing along)
we writers and readers do so love quotes...
"on those days or mornings when you feel worst, when you think everything is hopeless, that nothing will happen -- sometimes the best things happen." walker percy
"i have no talent. it's just the question of working, of being willing to put in the time." graham greene (one of my very favorite authors)
"i am still encouraged to go on. i wouldn't know where else to go." e.b. white
and from a friend who lives far away:
"REFUSE to lose."
Thursday, February 24, 2005
Sunday, February 20, 2005
yawn, stretch, oh, there's a world outside?
had considered further taking a sabbatical from public life, shutting down blog, blacking out the windows of the house, maybe pulling a howard hughes and such. but this annoying friend of mine keeps saying things like, "don't isolate yourself, don't do it!"
so irritating. have several friends like this, it's awful. won't allow me any self-pity, won't accept writing excuses ("keep writing!" "writing is writing"), and definitely won't let me disappear into the void, not even for a little while.
so, i'm sticking around and well, yep, happy to do so.
i'm writing from a hotel in castro valley, california. just taught a few workshops and critiqued manuscripts at a very fun writer's seminar here. very good time, some wonderful people i met, and there's little to compare with seeing longtime writer friends -- people who "get you" even if you only see them once a year.
ran across some great quotes at the seminar weekend and thought i wouldn't be selfish, but just when i looked around, couldn't find them. so then was going to steal inspiration from an outline in the seminar handbook (see how trying to be self-LESS led me to stealing. my good intentions always go bad). but then, the quotes weren't really all that applicable once i went to steal them. so hmmm, let's see, seems i should offer something.
guess not.
but, i will say this. keep writing, and keep living.
wait, that reminds me, i did read this today and since it's anonymous, i'm only stealing from the person who had it in email.
“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.”—Anonymous
writer infusion, some great vietnamese food, a nice glass of cab, and some stolen words of wisdom. not bad for a day of crime.
and thanks be to GOD for annoying friends who won't let us go. amen
so irritating. have several friends like this, it's awful. won't allow me any self-pity, won't accept writing excuses ("keep writing!" "writing is writing"), and definitely won't let me disappear into the void, not even for a little while.
so, i'm sticking around and well, yep, happy to do so.
i'm writing from a hotel in castro valley, california. just taught a few workshops and critiqued manuscripts at a very fun writer's seminar here. very good time, some wonderful people i met, and there's little to compare with seeing longtime writer friends -- people who "get you" even if you only see them once a year.
ran across some great quotes at the seminar weekend and thought i wouldn't be selfish, but just when i looked around, couldn't find them. so then was going to steal inspiration from an outline in the seminar handbook (see how trying to be self-LESS led me to stealing. my good intentions always go bad). but then, the quotes weren't really all that applicable once i went to steal them. so hmmm, let's see, seems i should offer something.
guess not.
but, i will say this. keep writing, and keep living.
wait, that reminds me, i did read this today and since it's anonymous, i'm only stealing from the person who had it in email.
“Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.”—Anonymous
writer infusion, some great vietnamese food, a nice glass of cab, and some stolen words of wisdom. not bad for a day of crime.
and thanks be to GOD for annoying friends who won't let us go. amen
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