Favourite Quotes and Quotations

[blunthead]

...The point is to let each character speak freely, without regard to what the Legion of Decency or the Christian Ladie's Reading Circle may approve of. To do otherwise would be cowardly as well as dishonest, and believe me, writing fiction in America as we enter the twenty-first century is no job for intellectual cowards. - Stephen King (On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft)

[randallFlaggfan1]

“A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.”

- William Styron, Conversations with William Styron

[kingzeppelin]

“I am always chilled and astonished by the would-be writers who ask me for advice and admit, quite blithely, that they "don't have time to read." This is like a guy starting up Mount Everest saying that he didn't have time to buy any rope or pitons.”

Stephen King

[blunthead]

I don't believe a story or novel should be allowed outside the door of your study or reading room unless you feel confident that it's reasonably reader-friendly. You can't please all of the readers all of the time; you can't please even some of the readers all of the time, but you really ought to try to please at least some of the readers some of the time. I think William Shakespeare said that. And now that I've waved that caution flag, duly satisfying all OSHA, MENSA, NASA, and Writers' Guild Guidelines, let me reiterate that it's all on the table, all up for grabs. Isn't that an intoxicating thought? Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even if you love it. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch once said, "Murder your darlings," and he was right. - Stephen King (On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft)

[marleyboy4945]

"To me, there are three things we all should do every day. We should do this every day of our lives. Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day. Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought. And number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears, could be happiness or joy. But think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."
- Jimmy Valvano

"If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love"
- Patrick Swayze (Bodhi) Point Break

" I've been thinking about it,and that poem , that guy that wrote it , he meant you are gold when you're a kid,like green. When you're a kid everything is new , dawn. It's just. When just when you get used to everything it's day. Like the way you dig sunsets,Pony. That's Gold. Keep it that way,it's a good way to be.I want you to tell Dally to look at one.He'll probably think you're crazy , but ask for me. I don't think he's ever really seen a sunset.And don't be bugged over being a greaser. You still have a lot of time to make yourself be what you want. There's still alot od good in the world.Tell Dally. I don't think he knows. Your Buddy, Johnny"
- Johnny The Outsiders

[kingzeppelin]

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it.


Charles M. Schulz

[blunthead]

The first draft--the All-Story Draft--should be written with no help (or interference) from anyone else. There may come a point when you want to show what you're doing to a close friend (very often the close friend you think of first is the one that shares your bed), either because you're proud of what you're doing or because you're doubtful about it. My best advice is to resist this impulse. Keep the pressure on; don't lower it by exposing what you've written to the doubt, the praise, or even the well-meaning questions of someone from the Outside World. Let your hope of success (and your fear of failure) carry you on, difficult as that can be. There'll be time to show off what you've done when you finish...but even after finishing I think you must be cautious and give yourself a chance to think while the story is still like a field of freshly fallen snow, absent of any tracks save your own. - Stephen King (On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft)

[randallFlaggfan1]

“It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

-Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

[marleyboy4945]

“Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory.”
- Gandhi

Once I was checking to hotel and a couple saw my ring with Blues on it. They said, 'You play blues. That music is so sad.' I gave them tickets to the show, and they came up afterwards and said, 'You didn't play one sad song.'
- Buddy Guy

"

And your feet can only walk down two kinds of roads
Your eyes can only look through two kinds of windows
Your nose can only smell two kinds of hallways
You can touch and twist
And turn two kinds of doorknobs
You can either go to the church of your choice
Or you can go to Brooklyn State Hospital
And though it's only my opinion
I may be right or wrong
You'll find them both
In the Grand Canyon
At sundown"

- Bob Dylan - Last Thoughts on Woodie Guthrie

[kingzeppelin]

We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.


Stephen King