"Writer's block! It doesn't exist. You just long for ideas to go away so you have an idea of peace."

-- Colm Toibin

#Block Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Long Quotes

“O heart, we are old; The living beauty is for younger men: We cannot pay its tribute of wild tears.”
“I work out like a maniac and I spray tan a lot. Genetics were kind, but I work very hard.”
“The Iraqi people are suffering just as if they were still under Saddam.”
“There are a lot of people I would have liked to have collaborated with, and would still like to.”
“If it's not good enough for adults, it's not good enough for children. If a book that is going to be marketed for children does not interest me, a grownup, then I am dishonoring the children for whom the book is intended, and I am dishonoring books. And words.”
“Where there is no want, there is usually much wantonness.”
“The end is never worth the beginning.”
“Sure, I have advice for people starting to write. Don't. I don't need the competition.”

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