#ok

Put simply, I want to treat my readers as partners and not crooks. There is no future in calling your most active promoters crooks. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#calling #crooks #future #i #most

I had this really great amazing thing happen where I almost finished the book and I really needed to come up with an ending and I decided to go back and re-read the book and see if I could come up with an ending. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

#amazing #amazing thing #back #book #come

Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#author #because #book #bringing #each

I began to ask two questions while I was reading a book that excited me: not only what was going to happen next, but how is this done? How is it that these words on the page make me feel the way I'm feeling? This is the line of inquiry that I think happens in a child's mind, without him even knowing he has aspirations as a writer. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#aspirations #began #book #child #done

But then of course you reach a point where you have to say, I've got to figure out how this book's going to end. Otherwise, you're going to write yourself into so many dead-ends. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#course #end #figure #going #got

My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting. ↗

— Anthony Doerr

#did #get #how #i #life

People are looking to have more meaning in their lives. It is a sign the technology community is coming of age. ↗

— John Doerr

#coming #coming of age #community #lives #looking

Don't solicit feedback on your product, idea or your business just for validation purposes. You want to tell the people who can help move your idea forward, but if you're just looking to your friend, co-worker, husband or wife for validation, be careful. It can stop a lot of multimillion-dollar ideas in their tracks in the beginning. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#beginning #business #careful #feedback #forward

What I most identify with is effortless fashion, looking as if someone's not put a lot of effort into their look. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#effortless #fashion #i #identify #into

I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire. ↗

— Sara Blakely

#comfortable #i #i always #invent #joke