"You have to find a way of shutting the future out and focusing on the writing. One of the problems I'll have with writing my second book is getting back into a situation where I think about the words on the page rather than the publishing industry, or success, or any kind of readership I may now have. I'll have to do what writers do, which is focus on the story and nothing else."

--

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Ayana Mathis

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“At the very core of RIM is the innovation. We always think ahead. We always think forward. We sometimes think the unthinkable. And that is fantastic.”
“I don't give you editorial control. I want to meet you. I want to interview everybody who's ever known you. I want to see your correspondence. I want to see your bank statements. But you will have no control over what I write. That's why I really believe in the unauthorized biography.”
“We are not intimidated by the size of the armies, or the type of hardware the US has brought.”
“True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting.”
“Donald Trump has been rewriting the rules since he got into politics.”

Source : Source: live.washingtonpost.com
“People who throw kisses are hopelessly lazy.”
“I don't want to send them to jail. I want to send them to school.”
“In order to build our nation, we must all exceed our own expectations.”

You may also like:

Isabel Wilkerson
Journalist
Joy Fielding
Novelist
Justin Torres
Novelist
Maria Semple
Novelist
Melanie Benjamin
Writer
Paul Harding
Musician
Sister Souljah
Author
Sue Monk Kidd
Writer
Tom Rath
Author