"Remember you love writing. It wouldn’t be worth it if you didn’t. If the love fades, do what you need to and get it back."

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Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction". www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2010.

A.L. Kennedy

#Writing Quotes #Remember You Quotes #Remembers You Quotes

“The great break of my literary career was going to law school.”
“The first thing to improve society is not banning abortion, but making sure that everyone who had a child is in the best position to be able to rear it.”
“All our institutions rest upon business. Without it we should not have schools, colleges, churches, parks, playgrounds, pavements, books, libraries, art, music, or anything else that we value.”
“I used to go to the library all the time when I was kid. As a teenager, I got a book on how to write jokes at the library, and that, in turn, launched my comedy career.”
“I write, not for children,but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five.”
“I suppose I ought to think up some dramatic, quotable phrase for Public Information and the history books, but I'm damned if any of them come to mind. Besides, admitting the truth wouldn't sound too good (...) The truth, Russell, is that now the moment's here, I'm scared shitless. Somehow I don't think even Public Information could turn that into good copy.”

Source : "The Short Victorious War". Book by David Weber, 1994.
“Better gray than garishness.”
“That's already been tried before only means the first attempt got it wrong.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 25, 2013

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