Thought for the Day Thought For The Day

[Steve C]

If my wife didn't love me I'm not sure she'd put up me ignoring her in favour of tapping out a bunch of words for probably no reward.
More seriously, I do think writers need to experience emotion if they want to convey it, and love is probably the strongest of them all.

 

[Salma Eljahrani]

If my wife didn't love me I'm not sure she'd put up me ignoring her in favor of tapping out a bunch of words for probably no reward.

Then it seems that my family doesn't love me They can't leave me alone to do what I'm the most interested in! They keep interrupting me annoyingly for trivia. It makes me angry!

 

[Ancora Imparo]

I sympathise, @Salma Eljahrani – I got cross once after about 100 interruptions from my husband (do you want a cup of coffee? You should see this programme on TV... do you want to go for a walk... What do you want for dinner/lunch...have you seen...) I warned him I was going to put a lock on the inside of my work room (the tiny room with the computer in it). Much harder when you have children, though. I don't think I'd have got away with telling them to bugger off and shut the door behind them

 

[Salma Eljahrani]

Whether it's to ask you for help or offer you something you'd love in the "normal mode", it's still the same; They just interrupt you when you're about to seize that marvelous idea that only comes once in a lifetime. I'm relieved to discover I'm not the only one suffering. XD At least I still young and I'm not married yet. (I have a few years of peace left )

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Unfortunately, many young writers are more concerned with fame that their own work….It’s much more important to write than to be written about.

Gabriel García Márquez

 

[Paul Whybrow]

The profession of book-writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

John Steinbeck

 

[Steve C]

I wonder how carefully he chose the word stable with its double meaning?

 

[Paul Whybrow]

"Remember this: No one is looking at your imperfections; they're all too busy worrying about their own."

Isaac Mizrahi

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Joseph Addison

 

[Salma Eljahrani]

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Joseph Addison

Ironically, they're all the same thing for me.

 

[Paul Whybrow]

'It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? For the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone. That is where the writer scores over his fellows: he catches the changes of his mind on the hop.'

Vita Sackville-West

 

[Paul Whybrow]

It’s okay to head out for Wonderful, but on your way to Wonderful, you’re gonna have to pass through Alright, and when you get to Alright, take a good look around and get used to it, because that may be as far as you’re gonna go.

Bill Withers

 

[Steve C]

A great songwriter and a good man. There's a BBC film about him Still Bill: The Bill Withers Story which shows what a delightful person he was.
Sadly he passed away not 6 weeks ago. RIP Bill

 

[Paul Whybrow]

“A writer’s brain is like a magician’s hat. If you’re going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in first.”

Louis L’Amour

 

[Salma Eljahrani]

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
Benjamin Franklin

 

[Paul Whybrow]

“Don’t go to the grave with your best work still inside of you. Die empty”

|Todd Henry

 

[E G Logan]

'It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment? For the moment passes, it is forgotten; the mood is gone; life itself is gone. That is where the writer scores over his fellows: he catches the changes of his mind on the hop.'

Vita Sackville-West

It should be remembered that this lady's station in life was such that matters like earning a living were not a concern..!

 

[Paul Whybrow]

“I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of, so they can see that it’s not the answer.”

Jim Carrey

 

[Paul Whybrow]

“Don’t trade your authenticity for approval.”

Unknown

 

[Salma Eljahrani]

 

[Paul Whybrow]

I believe that the phrase ‘obligatory reading’ is a contradiction in terms; reading should not be obligatory… If a book bores you, leave it; don’t read it because it is famous, don’t read it because it is modern, don’t read a book because it is old…. If a book is tedious to you, don’t read it; that book was not written for you. Reading should be a form of happiness, so I would advise all possible readers of my last will and testament—which I do not plan to write—I would advise them to read a lot, and not to get intimidated by writers' reputations, to continue to look for personal happiness, personal enjoyment. It is the only way to read. ​

Jorge Luis Borges

 

[Paul Whybrow]

There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

Martha Graham

 

[Paul Whybrow]

"I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men."

Beatrice Wood (at the age of 105!)

 

[CageSage]

"I owe it all to art books, chocolate and young men."

Beatrice Wood (at the age of 105!)

I may have to change my life attitude!

 

[Paul Whybrow]

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

Dolly Parton

 

[Paul Whybrow]

Every one of us is losing something precious to us. Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back again. That’s part of what it means to be alive.

Haruki Murakami

 

[Steve C]

I don't agree. I prefer to look forward not back on what might have been, not on what I might have had if only things hadn't gone wrong. I've lost nothing except some money now and again Everything else has been a bonus, an education in being alive. The trouble is as soon as I get my degree I'll be past it, but that's life for you.

 

[Paul Whybrow]

He not busy being born is busy dying

Bob Dylan

 

[Paul Whybrow]

'Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more like a sculpture where you remove, you eliminate in order to make the work visible. Even those pages you remove somehow remain.'

Elie Wiesel

 

[Paul Whybrow]

'Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down.'

E B White