"When you are not writing, you are a writer too. It doesn't leave you."

-- Natalie Goldberg

#Writing Quotes

“All we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates.”
“A politician thinks about the next elections - the statesman thinks about the next generations.”
“Perfect sincerity and transparency make a great part of beauty, as in dewdrops, lakes, and diamonds.”
“I don't miss him anymore. Most of the time, anyway. I want to. I wish I could but unfortunately, it's true: time does heal. It will do so whether you like it or not, and there's nothing anyone can do about it. If you're not careful, time will take away everything that ever hurt you, everything you have lost, and replace it with knowledge. Time is a machine: it will convert your pain into experience... It will force you to move on and you will not have a choice in the matter.”
“I have my whole office set-up at waist level; I don't sit at all during the day. Sitting, to me, is the devil.”
“Eisner mentioned he was uncomfortable calling Kirby someone with heavy artistic intent. I paraphrase, but Eisner felt Jack was mostly concerned with hitting his page count, telling good stories, and keeping his family fed. Not pursuing some aesthetic ideal - to seek that motive in Kirby's work was, he suggested, misguided. I happened to be holding the original artwork to the Devil Dinosaur #4 double-splash, which I turned around and showed Eisner - who took a moment, and said something uncharacteristic: â€œOkay, I might be wrong.”
“Moral power is probably best when it is not used. The less you use it the more you have.”
“I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter I admire is to ask them how do they receive songs.”

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