Writing quotes I found while perusing the files on my laptop

[apocalypsos]

A book worth reading only in childhood is not worth reading even then. -- C.S. Lewis

Being a writer means having homework for the rest of your life. -- Lawrence Kasdan (*snerk* It's like I always say ... I do English homework for fun.)

The girl doesn't, it seems to me, have a special perception or feeling which would lift that book above the "curiosity" level. -- a rejection slip for The Diary of Anne Frank

These stories have trees in them. -- a rejection slip for A River Runs Through It

One has to be just a little crazy to write a great novel. -- John Gardner (Jesus, I don't think I know any writers who aren't at least a little nuts.)

There are few things, apparently, more helpful to a writer than having once been a weird little kid. -- Katherine Paterson (Well, I know it's helped me. :))

Every writer, without exception, is a masochist, a sadist, a peeping Tom, an exhibitionist, a narcissist, an 'injustice collector' and a depressed person constantly haunted by fears of unproductivity. -- Edmund Bergler, M.D. (Yeah, that sounds about right.)

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living with the possible exception of wrestling alligators. -- William Saroyan

Getting even is one reason for writing. -- William Gass

Write to amuse? What an appalling suggestion! I write to make people anxious and miserable and to worsen their indigestion. -- Wendy Cope

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. -- Isaac Asimov

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy clothes and food. -- Erasmus

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. -- Groucho Marx

I heard someone tried the monkeys-on-typewriters bit trying for the plays of William Shakespeare, but all they got was the collected works of Francis Bacon. -- Bill Hirst

The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes. -- Agatha Christie (I had to add that one just because that totally works for me.)

Comments

[wicked-dragon-x.livejournal.com]

Oh god yes. I've got all these writing projects -- some I want to do, some are assignments -- and no matter how compelling or important the project is, I can't resist the urge to play with Paint Shop. If I hide my Paint Shop icons (so I don't automatically click on it when I feel like it), I check Livejournal. If I hide the browser icon, I play Solitaire. If I finally just have the text program open, I end up coding webpages or read saved fanfics.

... You know, I do sound like I have ADD or something. "Yes, I know I only have a day to do eight assignments -- OOH! SHINY!"

[spherissa.livejournal.com]

my god you're my Twin!

[azurelunatic]

My best friend is IM programs. That way I have someone to bounce ideas off of. My worst enemy is Zuma or Bejeweled -- hell, if PopCap makes it, it's crack.

[blackgarden.livejournal.com]

My favorite timewaster is whatsbetter.com. Sometimes having to choose between a guava and Bob Saget is all that matters in my world.

what is indeed

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

thanks for a new link to waste my time on (is there a point to it? am i supposed to guess what most people say? why does everybody disagree with me?).

i wonder if you know what happened to the get-fuzzy-feed by any chance? :S

Re: what is indeed

[blackgarden.livejournal.com]

There's no point to it, and yet it's the most addictive thing. And everybody disagrees with you because they're stupid; that's what I tell myself.

I think the Get Fuzzy feed disappeared over distribution issues. It now gets posted in comicgetfuzzy. :)

Re: what is indeed

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

good points all *goes to be disagreed with some more*

thank you, thank you, thank you, yay, i got my fuzzy back!
now to find another dilbert feed ...