Crispini Hard Quotes & Sayings

All I do is watch TV and films, and when I'm not doing that, I'm making them. I need a hobby! — Rebecca Mader

I would rather have half of your attention than all of anyone else's — Cassandra Clare

Rejection has nothing to do with the quality of your work. If you believe in your product, it's just a matter of time before someone publishes it. My trick was this: send out ten letters to agents or publishers. Each time you receive a rejection, send out another three. Repeat until you've achieved what you desire. — Noah Charney

It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying to break in. — Jim C. Hines

I've grown quite weary of the spunky heroines, brave rape victims, soul-searching fashionistas that stock so many books. I particularly mourn the lack of female villains - good, potent female villains. Not ill-tempered women who scheme about landing good men and better shoes (as if we had nothing more interesting to war over), not chilly WASP mothers (emotionally distant isn't necessarily evil), not soapy vixens (merely bitchy doesn't qualify either). I'm talking violent, wicked women. Scary women. Don't tell me you don't know some. The point is, women have spent so many years girl-powering ourselves - to the point of almost parodic encouragement - we've left no room to acknowledge our dark side. Dark sides are important. They should be nurtured like nasty black orchids. — Gillian Flynn

I used to have a house in London, but couldn't face 20 more years of St John's Wood in the rain. — Eric Idle

Breed is stronger than pasture. — George Eliot

Lest anyone try to convince you that God should be separated from the state, our founding fathers, they were believers. And George Washington, he saw faith in God as basic to life. — Sarah Palin

We pursue that which retreats from us. — Bill Vaughan

You learn to write by doing it. — Madeleine L'Engle