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Do you have any favorite quotes about writing?
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I love reading about writing. It's always interesting to me to learn about what processes other writers follow, especially if I admire their work. So, there are a BUNCH of great quotes about writing rattling around in my brain, but I'll stick to just two of them for this post:
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Toni Morrison wrote some of my favorite books. Beloved broke my heart and scared me at the same time. I also loved The Bluest Eye and Sula. But you know what? She never wrote about Menopausal Superheroes and I wanted to read that, so I took her advice and I wrote it. At the most basic level, this is why I write what I write: I am my own intended audience. I'm writing what I want to read.
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EM Forster might be best known for the opulent Merchant Ivory films made of his books: Howard's End, A Room With a View, A Passage to India and the like. They are fascinating for the way they capture a moment in time, and encapsulate class issues and explore humanistic themes.
I don't remember where I first ran across this quote from him, but when I read it, it was like lightning in my brain. "Yes! Just like that!" I thought. Story is my major coping and processing mechanism in life. Whatever I'm going through or thinking about, writing is going to be part of how I pull myself through and get to the other side of it. This quote captures that feeling for me of needing that step back, that opportunity to listen to the still, small voice within, and dialogue with my own subconscious on the page in order to clarify my thinking and understand my heart's desires.
So there are two of my favorites. What quotes have you run across that speak to your ideas about creativity? I'd love to hear about them in the comments!
I'd never heard the Forster one before, but it's so true. I've found out so much about myself through my writing.
ReplyDeleteRight? I really process my thinking in writing. It's clarifying.
DeleteI haven't heard of that E.M Forster quote, but a few of us have quoted the one by Toni Morrison. The trick is to find a subject that nobody has written about before - very hard to do!
ReplyDeleteWell, no one's taken your *exact* angle, I'm sure.
DeleteBeloved was the same for me. A gifted writer we were blessed to share the same time with!
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