“…as I do not believe in afterlife, I realize the gift artists make to the world is a selfless one ultimately, and that the knowledge that it may survive the self must be due to a belief in immortality. Or can one really work fo those one will never see? Do I ever think of those who will read me after my death?”
Anäis Nin
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“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
Wordless Wednesday
“…Reading A Good Book Is the Most Nourishing Thing You Can Do”
Sitting at my doctor’s office – because this year is the year I’m finally taking care of myself – I spied this quote from one of the magazines in the waiting room.
Benedict…gotta love him!
Guillermo del Toro on Imperfection
“Well, I have said this in the past, so I hope i don’t bore you by repeating it, but I think that we live or die under the tyranny of perfection. Socially, we are pushed towards being perfect. Physically, beautiful to conform to standards that are cruel and uncommon, to behave and lead our lives in a certain way, to demonstrate to the world that we are happy and healthy and all full of sunshine. We are told to always smile and never sweat, by multiple commercials of shampoo or beer.
And I feel that the most achievable goal of our lives is to have the freedom that imperfection gives us. And there is no better patron saint of imperfection than a monster.
We will try really hard to be angels, but I think that a balanced, sane life is to accept the monstrosity in ourselves and others as part of what being human is. Imperfection, the acceptance of imperfection, leads to tolerance and liberates us from social models that I find horrible and oppressive.”
— Guillermo del Toro
Character, I Think, Is The Single Most Important Thing In Fiction
“Character, I think, is the single most important thing in fiction. You might read a book once for its interesting plot—but not twice.”
– Diana Gabaldon
Learning From Other Writers
The things we learn from reading other writers’ works…
Why I’m A Terrible Housekeeper…
“The whole culture is telling you
to hurry, while the art tells you to take your time.”
-Junot Díaz
“Keep it simple. Trust your imagination. Discover what is unique about your imagination. Don’t simply read a story and copy it.”
– Clive Barker
Happy Father’s Day
It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons.
– Johann Friedrich von Schiller
Morrighan's Muse 