Monday, November 12, 2007

Inspiration

A poem is never finished, only abandoned." ~Paul

There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. ~Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith

A poet can survive everything but a misprint." ~Oscar Wilde

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison

To have great poets there must be great audiences too. ~Walt Whitman

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~William Wordsworth

The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible. ~Vladimir Nabakov