Quotes about authors-on-writing

Sahara Sanders -

Lately, I usually write at the desk in my living-room or bedroom. From time to time, our red and stripy cat named Foxy decides to be my companion, poking his curious caramel-colored nose to the screen, watching me typing, and making attempts to put his paws on the keyboard despite the fact that he knows he is not allowed to; he also loves to arrange “sunbathing sessions for himself, purring joyfully while lying with his belly up under the lamp placed to the left of my computer; and, of course, t

Sahara Sanders - INDIGO DIARIES: A Series of Novels

With so many book projects filling mind and heart, it feels similar to pregnancy. Your own books are like your children—you have to give birth to them, raise them, and do your best to make sure they live happily. You know, you just HAVE TO put into writing all of those thoughts, words and ideas appearing and growing in your head. Otherwise, life will make no sense without it.

Sahara Sanders -

When I was a schoolgirl my safe haven was a place at the uninhabited part of my parents’ house. I used to climb up to the large windowsill that was facing a spreading plum-tree in the garden. Reading books, or penning my own stories, diaries and poems, it was especially fun to rest there during the warmer seasons of the year with an open window, when the tree was all covered with tender, odorous blossom in spring, and with rich purple fruitage in summer.

Sahara Sanders -

The closest to my heart is not just one book - it’s the whole series of novels, Indigo Diaries. The first volume, “Gods’ Food,” is already available in English.

Sahara Sanders - Gods’ Food Novel

Emily mostly perceived her habit to write down notes as being one of the ways she could use to preserve moments of life.

Sahara Sanders -

The obscure, unexplainable aspect of the writing process is about how some rhymes appear in your head. It often feels more like tuning in to some kind of channel than composing words in your mind.

Sahara Sanders -

Having authored numerous and pretty versatile write-ups, I can’t say that anything other than my soul, heart and life experience can be called a prominent part of every book I ever wrote

Sahara Sanders - INDIGO DIARIES: A Series of Novels

If you don’t write your memoirs down then time will swallow them up, leaving no leftovers.

Julie Wright -

Writers don't have bad life days they just have good research days.

Paul W. Feenstra -

I use only my penned imagination to hold my readers captive.

Chris Mentillo -

Having money is about handling it the correct way. In my lifetime, I've both lost and made millions.

Chris Mentillo -

You only fail in life when you decide to give up.

Chris Mentillo -

I am absolutely convinced without any uncertainty that the old adage, History Repeats Itself is a valid assertion.

Chris Mentillo -

There Is A Fine Line Between A Man of God And One Who Serves The Devil.

Chris Mentillo -

You Never Have To Worry About Forgetting Anything, If You Just Tell The Truth.

Chris Mentillo -

You Never Have To Worry About Anything, If You Just Tell The Truth.

Chris Mentillo -

I Know Many Horror Authors Are Depreesed or Act Misabrle With Their lives. This Seems To Go With The Territory. For Example, Best-selling Horror Author, Joe Hill Talks About His Own Depression And Anxiety And How He Is Too Afraid To Take A Pill Because, of How This May Deminish And Destroy His Creative Side of Writing Horror. I Myself Happen To Feel The Exact Opposite. I Almost Always Noticed A More Creative Output In My Writing When On Pills.

Chris Mentillo -

You Can Not Me Honest To Others, If You Are Not First Honest With Yourself.

Chris Mentillo -

I Do Not Like Canadians, I Love Them.

Chris Mentillo -

I Grew Up In A Family With No Prejudices. My Father Always Believed There Were Good And Bad In Every Ethnic Background, And Nationality.

Chris Mentillo -

Ever Since I Can Remember, I Have Always Been a Huge Advocate for Women and Children.

Chris Mentillo -

The Internet Changed My Life.

Chris Mentillo -

I Have Always Had A Facination With England, And Their History.

Chris Mentillo -

I Know Many Horror Authors Are Depressed or Act Miserable With Their lives. This Seems To Go With The Territory. For Example, Best-selling Horror Author, Joe Hill Talks About His Own Depression And Anxiety And How He Is Too Afraid To Take A Pill Because, of How This May Diminish And Destroy His Creative Side of Writing Horror. I Myself Happen To Feel The Exact Opposite. I Almost Always Noticed A More Creative Output In My Writing When On Pills.

Richelle E. Goodrich -

Sometimes when I prepare to write, I feel the same sensation wash over me as if my toes were curling over the brink of a high cliff, my gaze peering downward into a dark pond, and I anxiously wonder, will the water prove deep enough? Will my words be satisfactory?

A.D. Posey -

A pen name is a nickname.

E.A. Bucchianeri -

If typos are God's way of keeping a writer humble, plot holes certainly keeps one on their knees.

Chris Mentillo -

I fear for the safety and well-being of our children.

Chris Mentillo -

Try to listen more and talk less.

Chris Mentillo -

A quotation can often give the best advice.

Chris Mentillo -

During my tenure at Bradford College, located in Haverhill Massachusetts - Assemblies of God, and Northpoint Bible College had not yet taken over. The school was very prestigious and expensive, but was worth every penny spent, and left me with an experience of which I shall indeed never forget. I say this for a couple of reasons. First, my degree major was in creative arts (creative writing) and psychology as my minor. Later in life, I was able to use my degree to become an award-winning, and be

Chris Mentillo -

I Can See Nothing But The Bottom Sides of Her Shoes, And Then All Became Ample Dark.

Sahara Sanders - INDIGO DIARIES: A Series of Novels

The process of creation can be unpredictable and, in some way, similar to love: the brightest waves of inspiration may sometimes occur in wrong timing, wrong places, or even with wrong people.

Sahara Sanders - INDIGO DIARIES: A Series of Novels

If you don’t do anything to capture and draw your memories—no matter whether you choose words, pencil, photography, or filming—the only place where they have a chance to exist is in your head, which can’t be called the most reliable place to store them; soon, they’d be lost forever… leaving no trace, like they never existed… like YOU never existed… same as those billions and billions of lives that had already disappeared from the world.

Shana Chartier -

Even on the silent days, believe your ship will come.

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