Letter Quote by Flannery O'Connor

“There is nothing quite like the expectancy of the beginning writer, unless it is the conceit of the successful one.”

— Charles Bukowski

“What you create doesn't have to be perfect…Don't let fear of failure discourage you. Don't let the voice of critics paralyze you—whether that voice…

— President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“Even if you never get published, no one can take away your joy in writing, which is why you should be doing it anyway.”

— Jennifer Dechiara

“The Art of Being lays the foundation for your first impressions, because if you get this part wrong not much else matters. All other…

— Susan C. Young

“The best a writer can hope for is hatred by the masses, revulsion among one's peers.”

— Mike Philbin

“I judge the quality of my work by the quality of the people that follow it. If my readers are the most amazing people…

— Robin Sacredfire

“Sometimes the writer has to learn the hard way of creating a bad work to become a best-seller yet doesn't surrender to the negative…

— Millicent Ashby

“When you have a distaste for what is not yours, you have set the stage for what is yours.”

— Dr Paul Enenche

“People who are perfectly sane and happy don't make good literature, alas.”

— Colette

“I am still actively engaged at the job I like best, which is working with authors and promoting them. But, at this time in…

— John C. Farrar

“Put no expectations on others, only on yourself. If you put no expectations on others they can not disappoint you.”

— Samantha Price