"When you send off a short story, it sits on the editor's desk in the same pile with stories by the most famous and honored names in present-day writing-and it's not going to be accepted unless it's as good as theirs. (And it'll probably have to be better.)"

-- Daniel Quinn

#Writing Quotes #Editors Quotes #Names Quotes

“The aeroplane is tragically unsuited for ocean service.”
“Fear? What has a man to do with fear? Chance rules our lives, and the future is all unknown. Best live as we may, from day to day.”
“... is there anything more unjust than to build gold and brass and iron on poor, well-meaning clay, -- and then blame the clay when the whole image falls into dust?”
“When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of.”
“Sometimes I think it's better to be a diva.”
“Memory can make a thing seem to have been much more than it was.”

Source : Marilynne Robinson (2004). “Gilead: A Novel”, p.66, Macmillan
“I said that I'm only there to write the truth, I'm not going to cover anything up, but I'll put everything in context and get as close to the truth of this person as I can.”

Source : Interview with Carlos J. Queirós, www.aarp.org. April 2006.
“Too much attention and hoopla doesn't agree with my temperament.”

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