--- title: "1 Blog Tried Quotes By Ellen Potter" description: "1 Blog Tried quotes by Ellen Potter. Plus more from Ellen Potter and more Blog Tried sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/ellen-potter-22965_away_i-had-a-blog-where-i-tried-to-be-transpa_1577107.jpg" --- > [I had a blog where I tried to be transparent while giving away nothing. I tweeted and Facebooked badly. As a writer, your 'voice' is your calling card, yet my voice was becoming indistinguishable from billions of other voices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/i-had-a-blog-where-i-tried-to-be-transparent-while-giving-away/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7f/ellen-potter-22965_away_i-had-a-blog-where-i-tried-to-be-transpa_1577107.jpg) ## More by Ellen Potter > [I've reread 'The Secret Garden' every year as an adult. I have a battered copy on my bookshelf - it's really quite a mess!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/i-ve-reread-the-secret-garden-every-year-as-an-adult-i-have-a/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [I don't plot my novels - I move along with my characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/i-don-t-plot-my-novels-i-move-along-with-my-characters/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [“Hocus Pocus let's try to focus”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/hocus-pocus-let-s-try-to-focus/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [“Then she probably would have waved back," Max said. "And it might be a he." "Ha! Not likely," Lucia said. "Didn't you notice them?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/then-she-probably-would-have-waved-back-max-said-and-it-might-be-a-he/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [“Rubbish," Max said. "Anyone can put on clumpy boots and pierce themselves silly. A truly dangerous person would be someone you'd never even look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/rubbish-max-said-anyone-can-put-on-clumpy-boots-and-pierce-themselves/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [I pretty much always knew I wanted to be a writer. I was writing goofy stories when I was 7 or 8. That was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/i-pretty-much-always-knew-i-wanted-to-be-a-writer-i-was-writing-goofy/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [Books are such quiet things - created in silence, read in silence - yet publishing a book has become a very noisy business. I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/books-are-such-quiet-things-created-in-silence-read-in-silence-yet/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [“It was the right and responsible thing to do, so they put it off until later.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/it-was-the-right-and-responsible-thing-to-do-so-they-put-it-off-until/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [Memory, in my opinion, is a complete noodle. It hangs on the silliest things but forgets the stuff that really matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/memory-in-my-opinion-is-a-complete-noodle-it-hangs-on-the-silliest/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [“Then Lucia said, "So what do we do now?" "Nothing," Otto said. "Things will go on as just they always have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/then-lucia-said-so-what-do-we-do-now-nothing-otto-said-things-will-go/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [I write about two hours a day, and I write in fits and spurts - 45 minutes here, a half-hour there - and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/i-write-about-two-hours-a-day-and-i-write-in-fits-and-spurts-45/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [All great adventures have moments that are really crap.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/all-great-adventures-have-moments-that-are-really-crap/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [“Careful, she bites.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/careful-she-bites/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [Give that man a Pixy Stix," Haddie said. "A what?" Lucia asked. "Hold on." She left then returned a moment later with a handful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/give-that-man-a-pixy-stix-haddie-said-a-what-lucia-asked-hold-on-she/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) > [I had a blog where I tried to be transparent while giving away nothing. I tweeted and Facebooked badly. As a writer, your 'voice'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-potter/i-had-a-blog-where-i-tried-to-be-transparent-while-giving-away/) [Ellen Potter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-potter/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blog-tried/ellen-potter/#itemlist", "name": "1 Blog Tried Quotes By Ellen Potter", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had a blog where I tried to be transparent while giving away nothing. I tweeted and Facebooked badly. 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