06/28/10

If I write a book I do it mostly for myself for the child in me and for the adult in me. The criterion for my children’s books is: If I were a child would I like it That’s very egotistical but it’s the same thing with my books for adults. I wouldn’t do a book if I didn’t want to partake and share. With a book I can do both: I give and I share. -Tomi Ungerer

06/27/19

It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish. -J.R.R. Tolkien

06/26/19

The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists. -Logan Pearsall Smith

06/25/19

Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head. -Andy Rooney

06/24/19

In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own. -Anna Quindlen

06/21/19

Pedantry and mastery are opposite attitudes toward rules. To apply a rule to the letter, rigidly, unquestioningly, in cases where it fits and in cases where it does not fit, is pedantry ... To apply a rule with natural ease, with judgment, noticing the cases where it fits, and without ever letting the words of the rule obscure the purpose of the action or the opportunities of the situation, is mastery. -George Polya

06/20/19

Without stories we would go mad. Life would lose its moorings or lose its orientations. even in silence we are living our stories -Ben Okri

06/19/19

The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis. -Thurgood Marshall

06/18/19

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed and savored. -Earl Nightingale

06/17/19

A father knows his child's heart, as only a child can know his fathers. -Kazuo Koike