Quote of the Day: Pete Hamill

Writing is the hardest work in the world not involving heavy lifting. 

Quote of the Day: Edna Ferber

Life can’t defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer’s lover until death.

Quote of the Day: Justin Cronin

Writing is a job: you must show up.

Quote of the Day: Stephen Leigh

You may be able to take a break from writing, but you won’t be able to take a break from being a writer.

Quote of the Day: Bo Bennett

A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.

Quote of the Day: Robert A. Heinlein

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.

Quote of the Day: Alexei Panshin

No tale tells all.

Quote of the Day: Anton Chekhov

My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.

Quote of the Day: Henry David Thoreau

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.

Quote of the Day: Douglas Adams

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.