“To make your voice heard is difficult. Sometimes we have to burn ourselves in order to be heard. It is out of compassion that you do that. It is the act of love and not of despair.” SometimesOrderDifficultVoiceCompassionHeardDespairActs Of Love Author:Nhat Hanh
“I had, like any other young novelist, started out by believing the difficult thing was to get published and that, once you managed that, well, your financial problems were over. I discovered, like any other serious novelist, that actually they had only just begun.” BelieveWellsProblemYoungDifficultSeriousFinancialNovelistsDifficult ThingsFinancial Problems Author:Mordecai Richler
“If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.” IfsThinkingChildrenMatterMotherParentInspireParentingMotherhoodYour ChildrenRaising ChildrenYour MomSingle MomMotheringSingle ParentSingle MotherRaising KidsMother And ChildInspirational MothersMothers Day InspirationalMothers Day MessagesShort Mothers DayGreat ParentingHappy Mothers Day TextJoys Of MotherhoodGreatest Mothers Day Author:Jackie Kennedy
“A novel may take anywhere from two to five years to write and, in the end, you might manage a couple of thousand dollars on it, no more.” WritingYearsMayTwoEndsMightNovelFiveCoupleThousandDollarsManageFive Years Author:Mordecai Richler
“It is no more expected of most producers to read a book than it is, say, of Ted Williams to dust off home plate.” BookHomeExpectedProducersDustPlatesHome Plate Author:Mordecai Richler
“If I get ideas independently of the act of writing, they never really fit. So for me, there's no hanging out, waiting for inspiration.” IfsWritingIdeasInspirationWaitingFitHanging Out Author:Janet Fitch
“We read so that we can be moved by a new way of looking at things.” WayMovedNew Ways Author:Janet Fitch
“A cliché is like a coin that has been handled too much. Once language has been overly handled, it no longer leaves a clear imprint.” Has BeensLanguageClearToo MuchCoins Author:Janet Fitch
“I usually start with something that has some energy, like a compressed character or a situation that's wound up like a spring. Then all I have to do is let it go, let its energy carry the story. And that may not turn out to be the beginning of the book.” MayBookCharacterStoriesTurnsEnergySituationSpringWoundsLet It Go Author:Janet Fitch
“I'm always gratified when I check something I've made up and discover that I've gotten it right. How can we imagine something that turns out to be true? How can we know things we couldn't possibly know? It makes me wonder about the existence of a collective unconscious.” KnowsMadeTurnsExistenceWonderImagineChecksBeing TrueUnconsciousCollectivesCollective Unconscious Author:Janet Fitch
