Inspiration
PICTURES AND QUOTES
Professional Who Inspire
ANNE MCCAFFREY
“A good story is a story no matter who wrote it.”
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
“Courage is found in unlikely places.”
EDGAR ALLAN POE
“I would define in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of beauty.”
WALT DISNEY
“All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.”
CORNELIA FUNKE
“Stories always go on. They don’t end on the last page any more than they begin on the first.”
RAY BRADBURY
“Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he’ll eventually make some kind of career for himself as a writer.”
ARISTOTLE
“Hope is a waking dream.”
GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
“It’s not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It’s a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again.”
WILLIAM FAULKNER
“Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good.”
STEPHEN KING
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others; read a lot and write a lot. There’s no way around these two things that I’m aware of, no shortcut.”
J.K. ROWLING
“I don’t think there’s any harm in allowing a kid to fantasize. In fact, I think to stop people from fantasizing is a very destructive thing indeed.”
SYD FIELD
“Writing should be an adventure, shrouded in mystery and uncertainty, blessed with amazing grace. In theory, of course.”