Quotes

Here are some quotes I came across while reading about writing
in the library after the meeting today.

I dwell in possibility.

Emily Dickinson

I try to leave out the parts that people skip.

Elmore Leonard

Life is all memory except for the one present moment
that goes by so quickly you can hardly catch it going.

Tennessee Williams

Our masks, always in peril of smearing or cracking, in need of
continuous checks in the mirror or silverware, keep us in thrall
to ourselves, concerned with our surfaces.

Carolyn Kizer

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing
of words as they tangle with human emotions.

James A. Michener

Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far into the future,
you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.

Rainer Maria Rilke

The difference between the right word and the nearly right word
is the same as that between lightning and the lightning bug.

Mark Twain

To write is to write is to write is to write is to
write is to write is to write is to write.

Gertrude Stein

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.

Dr. Suess