I deal with writer’s block by lowering my expectations. I think the trouble starts when you sit down to write and imagine that you will achieve something magical and magnificent—and when you don’t, panic sets in. The solution is never to sit down and imagine that you will achieve something magical and magnificent. I write a little bit, almost every day, and if it results in two or three or (on a good day) four good paragraphs, I consider myself a lucky man. Never try to be the hare. All hail the tortoise.
Category: Inspirational Quotes
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life, but define yourself.
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
When someone tells me “no,” it doesn’t mean I can’t do it; it simply means I can’t do it with them.
You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.
Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one
thought over another.
Even if you fall on your face, you’re still moving forward.
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good.