A line of dialogue is not
clear enough if you need
to explain how it’s said.
~Elmore Leonard
Quotes
Thursday Thought #AmandaPatterson
Start your novel at the end of
the backstory you’ve created.
Begin with a breath-taking
inciting moment.
~Amanda Patterson
Thursday Thought #JaniceLDick
Writing a novel is like
creating a king-sized quilt
in a four-by-four room.
~Janice L. Dick
Thursday Thought #LeviBudd
You can’t be brave if
you aren’t afraid first.
~Levi Budd
Thursday Thought #DaleCarnegie
Inaction breeds doubt and fear.
Action breeds confidence and courage.
~Dale Carnegie
Thursday Thought #AmandaSolimando
One step at a time really
~Amanda Solimando
does get you somewhere.
Thursday Thought #JefferyHHaskell
Luck is not a plan.
~Jeffery H. Haskell
Thursday Thought #PatrickRhone
Saying no is saying yes to other things.
~Patrick Rhone
Thursday Thought #JimRyun
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.
~Jim Ryun
Thursday Thought #BernardShaw
I’ve simply tried to share with others, who would welcome what I have to offer, what has been shared with me. In life we have the baton but for so many minutes and then we stand aside and pass on the baton to those behind us.
Bernard Shaw, Chief Anchor CNN
Thanks to Vele Keyta Redding for sharing this quotation from an interview she conducted and published in PROUD Magazine, Summer 2000.