"I've always known that the best part of writing occurs before you've picked up a pen. When a story exists only in your mind, its potential is infinite; it's only when you start pinning words to paper that it becomes less than perfect. You have to make your choices, set your limits. Start whittling away at the cosmos, and don't stop until you've narrowed it down to a single, ordinary speck of dirt. And in the end, what you've made is not nearly as glorious as what you've thrown away."

-- Carolyn Parkhurst

#Writing Quotes #Perfect Quotes #Choices Quotes

“If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.”
“I'm opening the doors, I'm buying dinner. Yeah, I'm romantic.”
“Poetry is often generations in advance of the thought of its time.”

Source : Louise Bogan (1970). “A Poet's Alphabet: Reflections on the Literary Art and Vocation”, New York : McGraw-Hill
“It is not helpful to have those kind of comments come out when we've got troops in combat.”
“It reminded me of a meat grinder. From when I was a kid. Going to school it felt like you were in a meat grinder. It chews you up and pours out this mess that can't function”
“I grew up with Frank Sinatra and it has taken me a long time to get to a place where I really enjoy [U2's] music.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“By choosing to be in His kingdom, we separateâ€”not isolateâ€”ourselves from the world.”
“They lived and laughed and loved and left.”

Source : James Joyce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)”, p.849, Delphi Classics

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