When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life. Erica Jong

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. Winston Churchill

Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to those who have none. Jules Renard

When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I was born to do. Anne Sexton

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me. Anna Quindlen

Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use. Mark Twain

The pen is mightier than the sword.Bulwer-Lytton

Keep in mind that the person to write for is yourself. Tell the story that you most desperately want to read. Susan Isaacs

Anybody can make history; only a great man can write it. Oscar Wilde

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

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. Tom Clancy

Never listen to criticism from anyone unless they can sign a check. Marion Zimmer Bradley

We all live in our Fantasy and only endure our Reality R.A.Wilson

Today is a good day to not get published. New Klingon proverb

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true. John Steinbeck