Thought for the Day

"When I start a book, I always think it's patently absurd that I can write one. No one, certainly not me, can write a book 500 pages long. But I know I can write 15 pages, and if I write 15 pages every day, eventually I'll have 500 of them."
~ John Saul

"I think it can be dangerous for young writers to be modest when they're young. I've known a number of truly talented writers who did less than they could have done because they weren't vain and unpleasant enough about their talent. You have to take it seriously."
~ Norman Mailer

"I think a little menace is fine to have in a story. For one thing, it's good for the circulation."
~ Raymond Carver

"You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let yourself go and dug harder."
~ Emily Carr

"A good rule for writers: do not explain overmuch."
~ W. Somerset Maugham

"178 pages? That's not a book, it's a short-freakin'-story."
~ Bobbi L'Huillier