Breakspeare Cindy Quotes & Sayings

Writers kid themselves-about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods. Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type with your toes-it is just work. — Sinclair Lewis

Dreaming. But I know it's real." "When I woke up this morning — Marian Keyes

When my son David was a high school senior in 2003, his graduating class went on a camping trip in the desert. A creative writing educator visited the camp and led the group through an exercise designed to develop their sensitivity and imaginations. Each student was given a pen, a notebook, a candle, and matches. They were told to walk a short distance into the desert, sit down alone, and "discover themselves." The girls followed instructions. The boys, baffled by the assignment, gathered together, threw the notebooks into a pile, lit them with the matches, and made a little bonfire. — Christina Hoff Sommers

She's ice and ambition and she would see you on the gallows before surrendering her ambition. Anne has dazzled him, and dazzled the court, and dazzled even you.'
'Not me.' George said gently.
'Uncle likes her best,' I said resentfully.
'He likes nobody, but he wonders how far she might go.'
'We all wonder that. And what price she's prepared to pay. Especially if it's me that pays it.'
'It's not an easy dance she's leading.' George admitted.
'I hate her,' I said simple. 'I could happily watch her die for her ambition. — Philippa Gregory

Despite being able to demonstrate a very large audience, major advertisers at first wouldn't touch Limbaugh. — Paul Weyrich

Reading just had a great five-man move that involved everyone. — Phil Thompson

In no other arena is the church at greater risk of losing its calling than in the public square. — Philip Yancey

Just about everybody has written a first novel that they throw away before writing their actual first novel. — Daniel Handler