"One day I was speeding along at the typewriter, and my daughter - who was a child at the time - asked me, "Daddy, why are you writing so fast?" And I replied, "Because I want to see how the story turns out!"

-- Louis L'Amour

#Daughter Quotes #Children Quotes #Writing Quotes

“If one shoots at a king, one must not miss.”
“I still love the whole history of Jazz. The old things sound better than ever.”
“Because love was not the answer to every question. Because real love meant sacrifice. Sometimes love means letting go.”
“A name is a solemn thing ...”
“I'm not sure I would call it agony but there is a kind of cyclic frustration. You get one story right and then here comes another one. When does that end? What I'm trying to do is get it to end right now, by recognizing that that cycle is writing. That is: trying to understand the frustrations and setbacks (and agony) as part of a bigger chess game you are playing with art itself.”
“No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.”
“The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.”
“I want to do something splendidâ€¦ Something heroic or wonderful that wonâ€™t be forgotten after Iâ€™m deadâ€¦ I think I shall write books.”

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