Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. -Mark Twain
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader. -Robert Frost
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. -Stephen King
Critics sometimes appear to be addressing themselves to works other than those I remember writing. -Joyce Carol Oates
There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.
-Edith Wharton
For those of you doing NaNoWriMo, how are you holding up?
Feel free to share any motivational quotes that you live and write by.
8 comments:
I love all of those! The Oates one made me smile. :)
I'm just over 20k, so a little behind, but the determination is there.
Great stuff, thanks for sharing! I especially enjoy the one by Stephen King. Good luck with NaNo the second half of the month.
Paul R. Hewlett
Very nice quotes, and though Joyce Carol Oates is one of my favourite authors, the quote that made me smile on and on here is Edith Wharton's. Brilliant brightness.
Nick: Hang in there! I'm a little behind right now too.
Paul: Thanks for the support.
Claudine: Brilliant brightness- we writers need to spread that around.
I love the Stephen King quote about talent... So perfectly worded! Best of luck with your NaNo project, Cynthia... Sounds like you're moving right along. Yay!
oooo, those were some chillingly deep quotes!
keep writing!
Great quotes. Love 'em!
Hard work indeed. Although I'm finding Nano easier than editing my "finished" novel. I like creating the first draft and churning out words. The edits, for me, is where the real work starts.
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