#Writing: "The love that you withhold is the pain that you carry." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Writing: "I stand here ironing, and what you asked me moves tormented back and forth with the iron." – Tillie Olsen, from her short story "I Stand Here Ironing"

#Writing: "Wisdom lies in knowing what to ignore." – William James

#Writing: "I'm endlessly grateful to those who have read my book and identified with it, but that appreciation doesn't come with strings. I'm not a life coach or a therapist or a guest on a never-ending talk show." – Melissa Febos

#Writing: "People are interested only in themselves. If a #story is not about the hearer, he will not listen." – John Steinbeck

#Writing: "If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you." – Oscar Wilde

#Writing: “The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.” — George Bernard Shaw

#Writing: "Never make predictions, especially about the future." – Casey Stengel, who died 50 years ago on today's date

#Writing: "When you write, you're inside the project. You can't really think about the reception. It has to be worth it even if no one reads it." – Ta-Nehisi Coates

#Writing: "Do you need an MFA to be a published writer? Heck no! But you do need an education." – Allison K. Williams

#Writing: "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no #poetry in money, either." – Robert Graves

#Writing: "The unfed mind devours itself." - Gore Vidal, born 100 years ago on today's date

#Writing: "I’m going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose." – S. I. Hayakawa

#Writing: “You may as well answer the door, my child, the truth is furiously knocking.” — Lucille Clifton

#Writing: "Scenes are essential for any great narrative." niemanstoryboard.org/2025/10/03/jou…

#Writing: "There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell." – Sean Lennon, born 50 years ago on today's date

#Writing: "It's the sad truth that stable #emotions do not exist in this world." – Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, who died 150 years ago on today's date

#Writing: "The world is sick, and I'm the doctor. I'm a surgeon with a scalpel for false values." – Lenny Bruce, born 100 years ago on today's date

#Writing: "I recommend the freedom that comes from asking: Compared to what?" – Gloria Steinem

#Writing: “Wind swells bladders, opinion swells men.” – Montaigne