… reflecting on your opinion. Have you ever looked at a water cooler jug—the ones in offices and some homes—and just couldn’t tell where the water line stands? Just couldn’t tell how full the jug was from the faint, blue-ish coloring of the jug itself and the stillness of the water inside it? You wantContinue reading “Water Cooler Thoughts…”
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Use The Right Words…
“Use the right word and not its second cousin.” – Mark Twain
Don’t Be One of Many Thousands…
“…you have to develop a conscience and if on top of that you have talent so much the better. But if you have talent without conscience, you are just one of many thousand journalists.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
You Must Write It…
“If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison
There’s Nothing To It…
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” – Ernest Hemingway
A Writer and A Critic
“In a writer there must always be two people – the writer and the critic.” – Leo Tolstoy
The Inner Music Words Make
“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music the words make.” – Truman Capote
Caress the Details…
“Caress the detail, the divine detail.” – Vladimir Nabokov
All Good Writing Is…
“All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
Write Without Pay…
“Write without pay until somebody offers to pay.” – Mark Twain
