Potent Quotables

We've been thinking a lot about quotes around here lately. We're designing some merch for NaNoWriMo 2011 that is very… quotable, shall we say? (Teaser alert!) The process has me considering the pithy ideas that we surround ourselves with, whether it be at our writing desks or in our email signatures.

I keep a Google Doc of quotes about creativity by folks I admire. I don't look at it every day, but I'll add to it when I come across something, and give it a good skim when I need a creative boost. An entry, for instance, by Louis C.K. (from a recent Louie episode):

"I'm bored" is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you've seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you're alive is amazing, so you don't get to say "I'm bored."

What quotes about writing, creativity, or life in general do you keep nearby? How do you display or remember them? And why do they appeal to you?

– Chris A.

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