Slator Ranch Quotes & Sayings

His friends said, "Why do you have that ugly thing hanging there?" and Bull said, "I like it because it's ugly." All his life was in that line. — Jack Kerouac

It is better to be a sad poem than a blank page. — Matt Haig

I hit the ground running, without a lot of training, so I had to do whatever I could do to survive as a professional, and if that meant being that character 24/7 and acting out, I was going to do that. I lived those characters, I brought them home with me. — Nicolas Cage

Yes, in my books I do edit myself to keep from becoming the Village Explainer. — Thomas Perry

What is precious is not the reward but the work. And I wish you to understand that. If you work and study in order to get a reward, the work will seem hard to you; but when you work, if you love the work, you will find your reward in that. — Leo Tolstoy

If you wait for God to descend to earth and save you
from your fuck ups, you will be waiting until you
drop dead. — Sheeja Jose

Technology and the pace of change in media is pushing us into an uncomfortable area The media have perhaps become more cavalier towards pushing confidential information. — Jim Michaels

I feel that we should stop wasting our time trying to please the supernatural and concentrate on improving the welfare of human beings. I think that, uh, we should use our energy and our initiative to solve our problems, and stop relying on prayer and wishful thinking. If we have faith in ourselves, we won't have to have faith in gods. — Ruth Hurmence Green

Because the number one feeling that was waiting to pummel me over the head was damned, dirty shame. — Karina Halle

The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting, I push myself so I am at the edge of discomfort ... Later, it will be time for consideration and reconsideration, slow, careful revision and editing. But on the first draft I have to achieve velocity, just as you do if you want the bike to balance. — Donald Murray

She supposed she could Google, but she preferred to wonder. — Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

There is something still more to be dreaded than a Jesuit and that is a Jesuitess. — Eugene Sue

Although a monster Geryon could be charming in company. — Anne Carson

My voice wouldn't work right. I made a tiny nod instead, because - how's this for weird? - I didn't want him to let go of me. He'd pulled back a little, with just his lower half, and I was afraid the scorch in my cheeks would set fire to the rest of me, because I had an idea why.
Wow. Oh, wow. — Lili St. Crow

In very subtle ways, how we regard ourselves and others continually changes us into something new. — Fred Alan Wolf