Quotes

As an author, I really enjoy reading quotes and getting inspired by them. It gives me an insight into what motivates and inspires other people. It’s like a summary of what they believe, a summary of how they view life or how they view their process.

Sometimes, quotes can provoke us to mediate on what they mean. It’s a short blurb, a snapshot of an idea, and we have to understand it from the context of what they meant at the time it was said/written, or maybe we’re supposed to understand it according to our values. I like that they can be equivocal in this respect, because it gives us opportunity to evaluate our own thinking, our beliefs. It can embolden us to look at things differently.

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”

Terry Pratchett

You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.”

Jodi Picoult