I really enjoy collecting quotes. I started as a very young writer by writing down quotes from Reader’s Digest that was delivered to my parent’s household. Here is one by Robert Penn Warren:
“Insofar as writing goes, the writer’s fundamental attempt is to understand the meaning of his own experiences. If he can’t break through to those issues that concern him deeply, he’s not going to be very good.”
I was pleasantly surprised to find two comments from writers that were recently added! How nice! I have two manuscripts in my desk that were rejected a number of times. I have a manuscript that could be a winner that I am working on with the help of a friend. And I have already received a great gift–the friendship of this editor-like person. And I am determined to succeed and be inspired by the words of Thoreau and my friendship:
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”