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“A statue isn't built from the ground up -- it's chiseled out of a block of marble -- and I often wonder if we aren't likewise shaped by the qualities we lack, outlined by the empty space where the marble used to be. I'll be sitting on a train...

“It’s probably my job to tell you life isn’t fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I’ll tell you that hope is precious, and you’re right not to give up.” C. J. Redwine

Whose cruel idea was it for the word “lisp” to have an “s” in it?" Steven Wright

“People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?" Lemmy Kilmister

“All worthy work is open to interpretations the author did not intend. Art isn't your pet -- it's your kid. It grows up and talks back to you.” Joss Whedon

“You have to work at being happy. Some people work at being miserable. If I wake up in the morning and don’t feel great or things are not great, I try to think about what I can do to make things work better, rather than just falling into that...

“In the world of your story, your outline is like the Ten Commandments. Unfortunately, your characters are all Atheists.” Jefferson Smith

“There comes a time when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your own heart. So you'd better learn the sound of it. Otherwise you'll never understand what it's saying.” Sarah Dessen

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers

Longed for him. Got him. Shit. Margaret Atwood

I'm far more often annoyed than delighted by previous readers' marks in used books, so I assume that my notations will be equally annoying to future readers, and avoid making them. J. Robert Lennon

"Once your best story's told, it can't be told again. It makes you, then it ruins you." Benjamin Wood

"Some say they get lost in books, but I find myself, again and again, in the pages of a good book." L. R. Knost

I find it very satisfying to write because you can purge many things and vent what you feel under the mask of fiction. Steven Berkoff

Mystery is at the heart of creativty. That, and surprise. Julia Cameron