With a shout-out to some friends who have formed a new writers group at Christ's Church at Mason, I offer these quotes from the "Sunbeams" page in the latest issue (February 2014) of The Sun.
"Sunbeams" is a regular feature in this independent journal, and this month, all the quotes relate to writing.
(Dale Reeves formed our writers group to write/edit/compile projects for the church as well as to share and expolore our own writing. The first meeting was last night. I enjoyed it!)
I lived in the midst of an affectionate, charming family, and I am sure that there is no greater obstacle to a person who is just beginning to write.
—Katharine Butler Hathaway
The good thing about writing fiction is that you can get back at people. I've gotten back at lawyers, prosecutors, judges, law professors, and politicians. I just line 'em up and shoot 'em.
—John Grisham
He asked, "What makes a man a writer?"
"Well, I said, it's simple. You either get it down on paper, or jump off a bridge."
—Charles Bukowski
Writing allows even a stupid person to seem halfway intelligent, if only that person will write the same thought over and over again, improving it just a little bit each time. It is a lot like inflating a blimp with a bicycle pump. Anybody can do it. All it takes is time."
—Kurt Vonnegut
I am dissatisfied with everything I have ever written and regard it all only as a preparation for that one work which probably I don't have it in me to write but which I hope I can go on trying for.
—Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
He who has made a thousand things and he who has made none, both feel the same desire: to make something.
—Antonio Porchia
I love these quotes!! And I feel honored to have shown up on your page. :)
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