B.L. > B.L.'s Quotes

“Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion, we'd be truly dead.”
― Joss Whedon

“I was trying to drown my sorrows,” I explained, looking down into the bottom of my glass, “but my sorrows learned to swim.”
― Eliza Lentzski, Winter Jacket

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
― Robert Frost

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
― Anais Nin

“We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.”
― Anaïs Nin

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.”
― Anais Nin

“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.”
― Anais Nin

“I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living.”
― Anais Nin

“I hate men who are afraid of women's strength.”
― Anaïs Nin, Henry and June: The Unexpurgated Diary of Anaïs Nin, 1931-1932

“If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.”
― Anais Nin

“You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what's written in the stars.”
― Anaïs Nin

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”
― Stephen King

“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
― E.L. Doctorow

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

“So, why do you write these strong female characters?

Because you’re still asking me that question."

[Equality Now speech, May 15, 2006]”
― Joss Whedon

“You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all.”
― Joss Whedon

“Someone else's loss is my chocolatey goodness”
― Joss Whedon

“Okay, uh, I'm lost. I'm angry. And I'm armed.”
― Joss Whedon, Firefly: Still Flying, A Celebration of Joss Whedon’s Acclaimed TV Series

“So, no more running. I aim to misbehave.”
― Joss Whedon (Firefly)

“Some people are like Slinkies. They aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to my face when I push them down a flight of stairs.”
― Patricia Briggs, Iron Kissed

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

“CJ added more beer to her mug. “If I recall correctly, the last verbal directive we were given was ‘don’t shoot anyone’ when we were in Hoganville. And I do believe I did not fire my weapon.” She glanced over at Paige. “But our dear, sweet Paige Riley turned into Annie Oakley.”
― Gerri Hill, Weeping Walls