oh procrastination

There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. ~Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ~Ray Bradbury

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. ~E.L. Doctorow

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
(i'm going to try this sometime soon)

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ~Anton Chekhov
(oh chekhov, so dramatic...and yet, i didn't like his writing until the 2nd time i read it)


Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the back yard and shot it.
- Truman Capote
(i love love love capote --and he went to my highschool-- and this quote is so beyond true...so often will i find myself opening up old writings and tweaking them, shifting paragraphs around....there is no real 'finish' to any piece of writing...)