Recent content by Paul Whybrow

Just knowing you don't have the answers is a recipe for humility, openness, acceptance, forgiveness, and an eagerness to learn - and those are all good things. Dick Van Dyke

I live my life like an open book, even though it's open on the wrong page. Sebastian Horsley

The Osage have this lovely phrase: 'Travelers in the Mist.' It was the term for part of an Osage clan that would take the lead whenever the tribe was venturing into unfamiliar realms. And, in a way, we are all travelers in the mist. The challenge is that, as writers, we sometimes want to ignore...

“Do one thing every day that scares you.” Eleanor Roosevelt

I like the idea that every page in every book can have a gem on it. It's probably what I love most about writing - that words can be used in a way that's like a child playing in a sandpit, rearranging things, swapping them around. Markus Zusak

"When the creative impulse sweeps over you, grab it. You grab it and honor it and use it because momentum is a rare gift." Justina Chen Headley

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze. D. H. Lawrence

Each departed friend is a magnet that attracts us to the next world. Jean Paul Richter

I haven’t lost my mind...half of it wandered off, and the other half went looking for it. Anonymous

In literature as in love, we are astonished by what is chosen by others. André Maurois

[Detractors] ...are just wrong, and that's ok. They just don't see it yet. That's what I would tell myself to keep those moments of doubt, only moments. Lisa Kudrow

“The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.” Michel de Montaigne

There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night. Albert Camus

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent. Isaac Asimov

“The only way to make a spoilt machine work again is to break it down, work on its inner system and fix it again. Screw out the bolts of your life, examine and work on yourself, fix your life again and get going.” Israelmore Ayivor