inspiration

“I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.” Francis Bacon

...what captures the vibe of your current or most recent work? I've found a music break with evocative songs (preferably while on a walk) to be helpful in that "marathon of the middle." It helps me hold steady and maintain atmosphere and tone. Or, at least, I like to think it does. For me, it's...

Never look back unless you are planning to go that way. Henry David Thoreau

Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Steve Jobs

David Lodge was one of my literary heroes and a true comic genius. David Lodge, Campus Trilogy novelist and academic, dies aged 89

“A year from now you may wish you had started today.” Karen Lamb

“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice.” T. S. Eliot

“The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.” Melody Beattie

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think every novel is a rite of passage . . . there seems to be a karmic force in my imagination where even if I threw something away, it would just come back. Like maybe I wanna try to throw this away and not write this, but it would just resurrect itself in a new form. I can’t really get...

“Instead of being afraid of the challenge and failure, be afraid of avoiding the challenge and doing nothing.” Soichiro Honda

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany. Nick Cave

“Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.”

Strive for excellence, not perfection. H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Persistence and endurance will make you omnipotent. Casey Neistat

“There are no failures–just experiences and your reactions to them.” Tom Krause

This is what I was trying to capture with my book set 150 years after an apocalypse. Not quite this form, but more even if the worst that you fear happens-there is a future. As a child of parents who grew up in a Depression and the Dust Bowl dubbed an eco disaster at the time, I feel this is an...

"Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others...

"Just because you fail once doesn't mean you're gonna fail at everything." Marilyn Monroe

Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time….The wait is simply too long. Leonard Bernstein