Advice Quotes
If you love a bird don't hold it too tightly or you'll soon be nursing a broken heart.
Love does not need true copies signed by a registrar of marriages.
There's something inherently comical about the fact that most people want to change other people's lives, while they themselves remain stoic as they loiter in their own shortcomings.
As dad would always say, when in doubt- play for time.
Your writing should be filled with simple complexities and complex simplicities. Because that is life.
Sometimes we allow pride to keep us running after a man who doesn’t want to be captured.
Why do I write? Because I like telling stories and I don't like repeating myself (insert chuckle here).
I told him your loins were clearly burning, and he should man up and make a move.""You did
But in the areas that matter most, a burst of energy and activity cannot reverse the consequences that accompany a season of neglect.
The only 'ironclad rules' in writing fiction are the laws of physics and the principles of grammar, and even those can be bent.
The skill of writing needs much patience, practicing, and time. There is no good writing from a quick effort, or a confused writer.
Write what you wish with your soul and your heart will fill the page with your unique magic.
If a novel was a map of a country, a story was the bright silver pin that marked the crossroads.
When you’re speaking in the truest, most intimate voice about your life, you are speaking with the universal voice.
Never underestimate the power of the written word, especially when you put them down in your own voice.
Develop the skill of writing to avoid errors but if you do make them, don’t be demotivated
To unlock the writer's block is to keep writing until you can unknot the "not". If you cannot, then put a can in the plot and unwrap it a lot!
Never use the passive voice. Do not say, 'It will get done.' Say, 'I'll do it, ' and then stick to a solid, unwavering deadline
Getting started on writing a book isn't as hard as it sounds. You don't need a plan and an outline. In fact, all you need are two things: time and one idea.
Writing as a creative art flourishes only when there are no rules. Rules stifle you from entering the silent and forbidden spaces where the core of the story is waiting to be revealed.
There is a difference between fresh and weird. You never want to throw your reader out of the story. Keep it fresh but natural.
Writer's block isn't always a problem. It can be a process of writing that helps us write better.
Never try to keep it professional, keep it smutty, write with bodily fluids on sandpaper, and damn the men with clipboards in white suits, the literary bean-counters, the prose police.
I recommend writing standing up from time to time. It's easier to dance when you finish writing.
Don't fool yourself. Talking about writing is not the same as actually doing it.
Get your story written, you always have the second and third draft to fix things like tense, 1st vs 3rd person, the exact right word, etc.
It takes courage to violate expectations, but sometimes the reward is a new level of success.
It behooves me to remember as I advance in age that death is an inevitable part of the life cycle rather than a medical failure.
His dad said if you did something wrong to someone in public, you ought to admit it in public, too.
Sharing pillow talk with the wrong people can make a hard bed to lie on, and will surely lead to nightmares in your relationship.
Some folks say that you can’t get rid of a problem until you shuck it. So, brother, let’s start shucking.
When you're fighting a crowd, it's good to shout potentially threatening things like "Crossbows!" or "Fire!" or "Giant Flying Cat!" every once in a while.
