#advice

Here are the two states in which you may exist: person who writes, or person who does not. If you write: you are a writer. If you do not write: you are not. Aspiring is a meaningless null state that romanticizes Not Writing. It’s as ludicrous as saying, “I aspire to pick up that piece of paper that fell on the floor.” Either pick it up or don’t. I don’t want to hear about how your diaper’s full. Take it off or stop talking about it. ↗

— Chuck Wendig

#aspiring-writers #humor #humor

Mr. Sand, do you think it's possible to fall in love in the space of a single day?" He smiled. "I wouldn't know. I only fall in love at night. Never lasts beyond breakfast, though. ↗

— Tessa Dare

#sarcastic-humor #humor

Once you start laughing, you start healing. ↗

— Sherry Argov

#self-help #love

Sweetie,” Dino said, coming over to put his arm around her shoulder. He tipped her head up and looked into her eyes with great empathy. “You can’t fuck a statue. At least not at that angle. You’d at least have to tip it onto its back first, and as a conservator, I can’t recommend it. ↗

— Rosanna Leo

#sex #statue #love

Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. ↗

— William Shakespeare

#judgment

A man's grammar, like Caesar's wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity. ↗

— Edgar Allan Poe

#writing-advice #grammar

Everyone has a story inside them. Some are bedtimes stories, some thrill and others scare and horrify their readers. Find out what your story is and share it with the world. ↗

— C.K. Webb

#ck-webb #stories #writing #suspense

If someone says you’re not right for them, they’re lying. What they’re really trying to tell you is they want you to stalk them and show them how committed you really are. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #funny

Poetic license is not a license to scribe recklessly. ↗

— C. Kennedy

#writing-advice #writing-craft #writing-humor #writing-philosophy #writing-process

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#political-advice #politics #talking #thinking #empathy