Cody Young > Cody's Quotes

“Doubt thou the stars are fire;
Doubt that the sun doth move;
Doubt truth to be a liar;
But never doubt I love.”
― William Shakespeare, Hamlet

“She's a self-conscious vampire ... and she goes about using sex as a sort of shrimping net.”
― Noel Coward

“As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.”
― Ernest Hemingway

“I learned everything I know about plot from Dame Agatha (Christie).”
― Connie Willis, The Winds of Marble Arch and Other Stories

“Time is
Too Slow for those who Wait,
Too Swift for those who Fear,
Too Long for those who Grieve,
Too Short for those who Rejoice;
But for those who Love,
Time is not.”
― Henry van Dyke, Music and Other Poems

“If we all did the things we are really capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”
― Thomas A. Edison

“Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.”
― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones

“Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“We all over-share here. It’s a problem we have. It’s like we all think our lives are a movie and we want everyone to understand every single part of it.

Cooper, J. S. (2013-11-16). The Other Side of Love (Forever Love) (p. 110).”
― J. S. Cooper

“It's never too late to make a better decision”
― Sheila Turnage, The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing

“I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn’t give up. Then I wrote one more book.”
― Beth Revis