On the bulletin board above my desk, I keep a handful of quotes that have taught me something, or that I hope to learn from.
Here's one:
Play to the top of your own intelligence. (No dumbing down.)
I can't attribute this one to Nina LaCour, exactly. It's a note that I jotted down while taking her Slow Novel Lab writing course. (Terrific course for writers at any level, for what it's worth.)
Carl Sagan's message about the "pale blue dot" is, I think, the single most beautiful and important piece of writing I've ever encountered. Here's how it begins: Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard
On the bulletin board above my desk, I keep a handful of quotes that have taught me something, or that I hope to learn from. Here's one: I believe that you either love the work or the rewards. Life is a lot easier if you love the work. —Jane Smiley
On the bulletin board above my desk, I keep a handful of quotes that have taught me something, or that I hope to learn from. Here's one: > Most writers of books have only one story to tell; it is the one wrapped around a piece of emotional wisdom the author