Stephanie > Stephanie's Quotes

“The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places

“Photography is all about secrets. The secrets we all have and will never tell.”
― Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper's Daughter

“You can't stop time. You can't capture light. You can only turn your face up and let it rain down.”
― Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper's Daughter

“A moment might be a thousand different things.”
― Kim Edwards, The Memory Keeper's Daughter

“She would have to ride the nightmare in her sleep. Only that would keep it material, or enable her to dematerialize with it.”
― Piers Anthony, Ogre, Ogre

“The blank page is the canvas on which a writer paints a story.”
― Stephanie Ayers

“One single letter cures the blank page.”
― Stephanie Ayers

“Editing is like attending a ten year reunion with your characters.”
― Stephanie Ayers

“The more you doubt your talent and strive to improve, the better the writer.”
― Stephanie Ayers

“Character is defined by what you do when no one is looking, but the visible can shatter any perfect impression.”
― Stephanie Ayers