I think the short story is a very underrated art form. We know that novels deserve respect. Votes: 6
Sometimes the best way to learn something is by doing it wrong and looking at what you did. Votes: 0
All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories. Votes: 0
You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not. Votes: 0
As sure as water's wet and days are long and a friend will always disappoint you in the end. Votes: 0
Honestly, if you're given the choice between Armageddon or tea, you don't say 'what kind of tea? Votes: 0
It sounded like a piece of blackboard being dragged over the nails of a wall of severed fingers. Votes: 0
Is the chemical aftertaste the reason why people eat hot dogs, or is it some kind of bonus? Votes: 0
The old rules are crumbling and nobody knows what the new rules are...so make up your own rules. Votes: 0
Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose. Votes: 0
There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts. Votes: 0
I mean, maybe I am crazy. I mean, maybe. But if this is all there is, then I don't want to be sane. Votes: 0
Libraries are our friends. Votes: 0
Set your fantasies in the here and now and then, if challenged, claim to be writing Magical Realism. Votes: 0
Have you ever had one of those days when something just seems to be trying to tell you somebody? Votes: 0
Only the phoenix rises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is truly lost. Votes: 0
Writing is flying in dreams. When you remember. When you can. When it works. It's that easy. Votes: 0
I watch my heart disappearing into her rosebud mouth. My Valentine's jest somehow seems less funny. Votes: 0
The thing was white, and huge, and swollen. Monstrous, thought Coraline, but also miserable. Votes: 0
I wanted to shout down to him, to warn him that he was giving flowers to a monster, but I did not. Votes: 0
Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at the stars because we are human? Votes: 0
If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist. Votes: 0
Everything that is,casts a shadow Votes: 0
Really, he thought, if you couldn't trust a poet to offer sensible advice, who could you trust? Votes: 0
You see, the outcome of the battle is unimportant. What matters is the chaos, and the slaughter. Votes: 0
I'm a fairly undisciplined writer. Votes: 0
Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly. Votes: 0
I wish being a beekeeper, which I am, gave you a free pass on the carbon footprint, but it doesn't. Votes: 0
Make good art. Votes: 0
A library is a place that is a repository of information and gives every citizen equal access to it. Votes: 0
Adult helplessness destroys children. Or it forces them to become tiny adults of their own. Votes: 0
All bookshelves are magical. Votes: 0
All your tomorrows start here. Votes: 0
And so there is magic. Votes: 0
Are we human because we gaze at the stars, or do we gaze at the stars because we are human. Votes: 0
Black as night, sweet as sin. Votes: 0
Death is the second oldest of the Endless. It's hard not to love her. She loves you, after all. Votes: 0
Dreams shape the world Votes: 0
Even dreams, the most delicate and intangible of things, can prove remarkable difficult to kill. Votes: 0
Even nothing cannot last forever. Votes: 0
Everything here is so weak, little girl. Everything breaks so easily. They want such simple things. Votes: 0
For me, closing libraries is the equivalent of eating your seed corn to save a little money. Votes: 0
For me, the glory of my first 25 years as a writer was I could put things off as long as I wanted. Votes: 0
Friday's a free day. A woman's day. Votes: 0
Goodbyes are overrated. Votes: 0
Her other mother smiled brightly and the hair on her head drifted like plants under the sea. Votes: 0
I believe that anyone who claims to know what's going on will lie about the little things too. Votes: 0
I couldn't get you to the ocean, but there was nothing stopping me bringing the ocean to you. Votes: 0
I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something. Votes: 0
I kept starting 'Anansi Boys' as a movie and stopping, and eventually wrote the novel and was happy. Votes: 0
I learned to write by writing. Votes: 0
I remembered something somebody had once said to me. It's okay. Everyday is freshly ground. Votes: 0
I sat in the dark and thought: There's no big apocalypse. Just an endless procession of little ones. Votes: 0
I would read. I would explore Votes: 0
If there's one thing that a study of history has taught us, it is that things can always get worse. Votes: 0
I'm going to go home. Everything is going to be normal again. Boring again. Wonderful again. Votes: 0
I'm sure there's an alternate universe where I got to become a pulpy science fiction writer. Votes: 0
It felt like a small forever. Votes: 0
It stared at them, and it paused for a hundred years, which transpired in a dozen heart beats. Votes: 0
Leave no path untaken. Votes: 0
Let's start a new tomorrow, today. Votes: 0
Names come and names go. Votes: 0
Never use five words if you can get away with one, eh? I've known dead men talk more than you do. Votes: 0
Nobody will ever hurt her. She'll just smile her faint vague wonderful smile and walk away. Votes: 0
Nobody's seen Jesus in years. Votes: 0
So many things to see, people to do. Votes: 0
Some things may change," said Wednesday, abruptly. "People, however... People stay the same. Votes: 0
That's sexism, that is. Going around giving people girly presents just because they're a girl. Votes: 0
The boy had the towering arrogance only seen in the greatest of artists and all nine-year-old boys. Votes: 0
The real problem with stories - if you keep them going long enough, they always end in death. Votes: 0
The search for the word gets no easier but nobody else is going to write your novel for you. Votes: 0
There's nothing for getting you good fast like having to be good fast, if that makes any sense. Votes: 0
Things bloosom in their time. They bud and bloom, blossom and fade. Everything in its time. Votes: 0
Time is fluid here', said the Demon. Votes: 0
Too soon, the sun will rise. Votes: 0
Walk any path in Destiny's garden, and you will be forced to choose, not once but many times. Votes: 0
We get to experience the same thing in very different ways with different parts of ourselves. Votes: 0
What do stars do? They shine. Votes: 0
Whither thou goest... Votes: 0
Words save our lives, sometimes. Votes: 0
Writers may be solitary but they also tend to flock together: they like being solitary together. Votes: 0
You can't make me love you. Votes: 0
You musn't be afraid of the dark.' "I'm not,' said Shadow. "I'm afraid of the people in the dark. Votes: 0
What are these fundamental principles, if they are not atoms?" "Stories. And they give me hope. Votes: 0
Go get your heart broken. Votes: 0