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Learn to forgive others so that you can release yourself from being held captive by the very negative thoughts around you. ↗

— Stephen Richards

#forgive #forgiveness #negative-thoughts #stephen-richards #forgiveness

If you hear voices, you’re a lunatic. If you write down what they say, you’re an author. ↗

— Dani Harper

#humor #novelist #writing #humor

Without readers, an author's voice is only imagination. ↗

— Dale Amidei

#reader-appreciation #imagination

A critic is a legless man who teaches other people to run ↗

— Channing Pollock

#critic #criticism #inspirational #writer #writers-quotes

Pacing around my apartment overwhelmed with thought. Inspiration can be a bitter-sweet combination of fantastic insanity. 12:08am - May 14, 2013 ↗

— Ryan Tyler Palmer

#inspirational #quotes #inspirational

You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself. ↗

— Jessica Swan

#inspirational

The purpose of having the orphans study all these diverse fields was not for them to just become geniuses, but to become polymaths – meaning they would be geniuses in a wide variety of fields. ↗

— James Morcan

#genius #genius-writers #geniuses #higher-intelligence #intelligence

To say that a writer's hold on reality is tenuous is an understatement-it's like saying the Titanic had a rough crossing. Writer's build their own realities, move into them and occasionally send letters home. The only difference between a writer and a crazy person is that a writer gets paid for it. ↗

— David Gerrold

#the-martian-child #writers #writing #writing-life #life

A writer who has perfect writing skills and zero honesty is not an author but a sales person. ↗

— Sandra Chami Kassis

#books #honesty #life #wisdom #writers-world

An inspirational writer's life is an open book that never shuts. Choose your words carefully. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#writer #writing #inspirational