Advice Quotes

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

Saepa stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint scripturas. (Turn the stylus [to erase] often if you would write something worthy of being reread.)

Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water. Be water, my friend.

If I had a thousand sons, the first humane principle I would teach them should be to forswear thin potations and to addict themselves to sack.

It is a wise man who said there is no inequality than the equal treatment of unequals.Fillossofee: Messages From a Grandfather, an ebook

Endeavor to create heaven on earth and turn your heart into the new Jerusalem

...authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer...

...what makes a writer a prophet is his ability to speak truth...

If you wish to be a writer– then write, and don’t allow anyone to tell you that you’re on the ‘wrong’ path. You know where you’re going, and each word you write gets you a step closer.

You’re writing someone’s ‘future’ favorite book.

You were meant to write this book.

If you were waiting for a sign that you’re meant to be a writer…THIS IS IT.

Every writer in the history of the world has been afraid to put words on the page. But we only remember those who overcame that fear.

Yesterday is gone, and tomorrow is beyond our reach. The best time to write is now, in the present.

The only way to overcome fear and doubt is to go against them.

If you only had a year left to live, what book would you write?Now, write that book.

Originality is not writing the story that has never been told, but writing the stories only you can tell.

All great writers share one thing in common:They finished their books.

Stop beating yourself up over all the days you didn’t work on your story. Focus on what you can do today.Sit down, and write.

Writing is an adventure. There is no way to know where it will take you, and what you will find. You could find success. You could find fans. Or, best of all, you could find yourself.

All great stories began as shitty first drafts.There are no exceptions to this.

TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO MAKE ART.

Description is the color in the canvas of your story.

How do you paint a writer's block?Just fill it with fifty shades of black.

...you are a writer the moment you start writing, not when you've sold your first book.

Every book I've read appears in my writing.

Advice for a long and happy life - never tell a writer you have fixed their work. Ever.

There is always, always, always something to write about.

Each time I write, I reaffirm my soul.

A writer must pay attention his or her surroundings.

You can read in the space of a coffin, and you can write in the space of a toolshed meant for mowers and spades.

The feeling that the work is magnificent, and the feeling that it is abominable, are both mosquitoes to be repelled, ignored, or killed, but not indulged.

Almost every single thing you hope publication will do for you is a fantasy, a hologram--it's the eagle on your credit card that only seems to soar.

You must not think sir to catch old birds with chaff.

One of the hardest things for a writer to do is delete words.

It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it's usually because the writer hasn't be careful enough.

Fanscination is what keeps a writer going. To be able to write, a writer has to be fascinated about a particular something that becomes the idea of the story

I personally believe that one learns to write by writing.

Throw your arms around the world and hold on tight. But not through fear ...but because of your love.

Its not easy taking your own advice, accepting what you don't like hearing, & seeing the grey amongst the black & white.

When writing, I uncage KAT: Keep Adding Tension. Even if I don't know where the story's going, petting the KAT keeps it purring.

Make a concise statement clearly and you should only need to say it once.

It is lack of communication that leads to unhappy marriage.

When Internet parlance finds its way into our accepted vocabulary, it becomes a cliché.

The start and the end is same for all of us. We were all born, and we will all die - in the same state. It is the journey where we experience Happiness.

Innovation takes practice more than talent.

The heart could only be kept warm by love.

Knowledge is curiosity to know more.

Never give advice unless asked.

Understanding character is a vital part of the process of finding a relationship partner and developing a strong and vibrant relationship together.