"This is all you have to do. Sit down once a day to the novel and start working without internal criticism, without debilitating expectations, without the need to look at your words as if they were already printed and bound. The beginning is only a draft. Drafts are imperfect by definition."

-- Walter Mosley

#Writing Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Criticism Quotes

“Lee Morgan used to stand behind me when I was playing a ballad and he'd be hollering, "Play the pretty notes, man, play the pretty notes." I thought I was playing the pretty notes, but you know, things like that help you to reach a little further.”
“there Â are Â other Â senses Â -ÂÂ secret Â senses, Â sixth Â senses, Â if Â you Â will Â -Â Â equallyÂ vital, Â but Â unrecognized, Â and Â unlauded.”
“To say more while saying less is the secret of being simple.”

Source : "Simplicity". Poem by Dejan Stojanovic,
“A sensual life is a ghostly existence where you live on the surface and your soul passes through everything, touching nothing.”
“I couldn't help shaking my head as I looked at him. Ian slept like a baby every morning - well, a baby who continually kept one hand down his pants.”
“In the simplest formulation, when we use a metaphor we have two thoughts of different things active together and supported by a single word, or phrase, whose meaning is a resultant of their interaction.”
“Generally, it's all of this subconscious stuff. I didn't even know what Lizzobangers was about until it was mastered and I got to listen to it.”
“The status quo is a product of our culture or our culture is a product of the status quo - I'm sure which is the effect and which is the product - there is probably a feedback loop there that is mutually reinforcing. But we have a culture that says "Hey, look around. This place called Earth was created for you and you can do anything you want with it."”

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