The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is a portrait of himself. Samuel Butler

My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts. Randy Alcorn

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. Francis Bacon

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity. Dorothy Parker

To destroy is always the first step in any creation. e e Cummings

"This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force." Dorothy Parker

Benjamin Franklin: "Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."

Some brilliant person said that writer's block is a loud scream from the unconscious that tells us something is wrong. Cecil Murphey

Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite -- getting something down. Julia Cameron

The best writer is a great self editor. Jerry B. Jenkins

The story that you can’t stop thinking about, the one you daydream about, is the story God has given to you. Randy Singer

Nothing happens unless first a dream. Carl Sandburg

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion. Edgar Allan Poe

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing. Jan Karon

Story is the shortest distance between truth and the human heart. Ted Dekker

The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. St. Augustine

Writers write. Dreamers talk about it. Jerry B. Jenkins

Dr. Seuss quote: "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

We need never be ashamed of our tears. Charles Dickens