#authors

"The best writing speaks when the heart whispers."

"Greatness is achieved through kindness, compassion, and love."

"I find Bukowski to be so edgy, gritty, and daring that he oozes romance, and if couples read him in bed they would appreciate what they have."

"Opportunity may knock only once but temptation leans on the door bell"

"If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy."

"Happiness is individualized. Don't box it in. Let it fly."

"Her words are her wings. She's flying."

"One day, your light will silence the darkness, and you will be surrounded by the beauty within."

"A story is a letter that the author writes to himself, to tell himself things that he would be unable to discover otherwise."

"Transform into your dream."

"[Science fiction is] out in the mainstream now. You can tell by the way mainstream literary authors pillage SF while denying they're writing it!"

"Quiet people have the loudest minds."

"Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days."

"Love is enough."

"Drizzle happiness wherever you go."

"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people."

"Authors like cats because they are such quiet, lovable, wise creatures, and cats like authors for the same reasons."

"Sometimes your light shines so bright that it blinds people from seeing who you really are."

"Let us record the atoms as they fall upon the mind in the order in which they fall, let us trace the pattern, however disconnected and incoherent in appearance, which each sight or incident scores upon the consciousness. Let us not take it for granted that life exists more fully in what is commonly thought big than in what is commonly thought small."

"I love words. I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail. I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum. I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over. In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page."