"Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth's sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when victory is won."
Louisa May Alcott
"You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty."
Luisa May Alcott
"Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great or nothing. I won't be a commonplace daubler, so I don't intend to try anymore."
Louisa May Alcott
(All sounds a bit contradictory to me)
"A novel invites digression and a little relaxation of the grip because a reader can't endure being held that tightly in hand for so long a time."
Tobias Wolff
"Writing is sweat and drudgery most of the time, and you have to love it in order to endure the solitude and discipline."
Peter Benchley
"A word after a word is power."
Margaret Atwood
"A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for this reason."
Margaret Atwood
"Just nipping out to buy some wastebaskets."
Fabia
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Get recycle bins instead. Two. :)
Lol, good thinking, Gabrielle, not to mention the wit!
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