"Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing."

-- William Faulkner

#Writing Quotes

“Count up the almonds, Count what was bitter and kept you waking, Count me in too: I sought your eye when you glanced up and no one would see you, I spun that secret thread Where the dew you mused on Slid down to pitchers Tended by a word that reached no oneâ€™s heart. There you first fully entered the name that is yours, you stepped to yourself on steady feet, the hammers swung free in the belfry of your silence, things overheard thrust through to you, whatâ€™s dead put itâ€™s arm around you too, and the three of you walked through the evening. Render me bitter. Number me among the almonds”
“Rob Lowe, I've known him for a long time because I have three daughters, ya know. He's been cruising those three girls for a long time.”
“I have suffered for this book; now it's your turn.”
“People's reactions to opera the first time they see it is very dramatic; they either love it or they hate it. If they love it, they will always love it. If they don't, they may learn to appreciate it, but it will never become part of their soul.”
“Life is beset by many annoyances, and those that stand out above all are the life- insurance and advertising agents.”
“Blessed are those who dwell in your house, ever singing your praise...Blessed are those whose strength is in you...blessed is the one who trusts in you!”
“I've always rebelled a little when people say, 'My Jewish values lead me to really care about the poor.' I know some Christians who care about the poor, too.”
“However minutely labored the picture may be in the detail, the whole will have a false and even an unfinished appearance, at whatever distance, or in whatever light it can be shown.”

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