Quotes - Peggy Bechko (peggybechko) (Santa Fe, NM) Showing 1-10 of 10

#1

“Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, writing

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#2

“I want to gather up all the ink cartridges in the universe, because somewhere, mixed in with all that ink, is the next great American novel. And I’d love nothing more than to drink it.”
― Jarod Kintz, I Want Two apply for a job at our country's largest funeral home, and then wear a suit and noose to the job interview.

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#4

“Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called.  ”
― Jarod Kintz, This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks

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#5

“I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this.

[Cormac McCarthy's Venomous Fiction, New York Times, April 19, 1992]”
― Cormac McCarthy

tags: ability, author-quotes, creative-process, earning-a-living, gift, humor, inspirational-quotes, quotes, self-confidence, self-support, talent, writing, writing-life, writing-quotes

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#6

“I cut an inch off of every straw I see, just to make the world suck a little less. ”
― Jarod Kintz, This Book Has No Title

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#7

“The only gift I have to give, is the ability to receive. If giving is a gift, and it surely is, then my gift to you is to allow you to give to me.”
― Jarod Kintz, The Titanic would never have sunk if it were made out of a sink.

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#8

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
― Elbert Hubbard

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#9

“Fine, it’s decided.” Vain resumed his stride. “I’ll do all the killing, and you do
all the stuff that an Avun-Riah does. Whatever the hell that is.”
― Luke Romyn, The Dark Path

tags: assassin, sarcasm

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#10

“Nobody knows anything.”
― William Goldman, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Screenplay

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#11

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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