New California Writing Quotes & Sayings

You are on the look out for experience, strength, and hope. You want to hear from the horse's mouth exactly how disappointments have been survived. It helps to know that the greats have had hard times too and that your own hard times merely make you part of the club. — Julia Cameron

This one-way rocket to Death in Adulthood" "Normal Time" in New California Writing — Michael Chabon

My father became a mythical figure, more force than man ... he was a force my mother would use as a threat of wrath and punishment." In "Father Close, Father Far" New California Writing — Dagoberto Gilb

When we get these thruways across the whole country, as we will and must, it will be possible to drive from New York to California without seeing a single thing. — John Steinbeck

So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was a food critic for a magazine for a bit, I did writing for nonprofits and political things, I was the editorial consultant for another magazine for a couple years, all sorts of jobs. — Tod Goldberg

I know I can't change the past, but I change the future. I can change, too. And I will. — Nicholas Sparks

It is strange the way that someone who wants to find you guilty can start to make you believe in your own guilt, even when you know you are innocent. I was afraid I would condemn myself my mistake. — S.J. Parris

To allow all U.S. workers to put part of their earnings into private investment accounts would definitely erode the Social Security system and cause uncertainty for new investors. — Grace Napolitano