“If you’re good enough, like Picasso, you can put noses and breasts wherever you like. But first you have to know where they belong.” – Alice K. Turner, fiction editor, Playboy magazine, 1980 – 2000
9 thoughts on “Quotable”
Look up his early works, and you’ll find the truth in this quote.
1. Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood.
2. If you stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it
with cool thoughts.
3. Keep the juices fl owing by jangling around gently
as you move.
4. Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in
society. The social ramble ain’t restful.
5. Avoid running at all times.
6. Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on
you.
Look up his early works, and you’ll find the truth in this quote.
Never, ever use repetitive redundancies. Don’t use no double negatives. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out. -– William Safire
A note to all the newbies who fall into the “I don’t need to learn no stinking structure” trap.
“The story is not in the words, it’s in the struggle.” – Paul Auster
Satchel Paige’s “Six Rules for Staying Young”
1. Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood.
2. If you stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it
with cool thoughts.
3. Keep the juices fl owing by jangling around gently
as you move.
4. Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in
society. The social ramble ain’t restful.
5. Avoid running at all times.
6. Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on
you.
A great insight.
Knowing and internalizing story structure means I can then really get creative with my fiction writing.
Exactly!
I like this quote by Stephen King: “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” George Eliot