You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance. Ray Bradbury, advice to writers US science fiction author (1920 - ) A lawyer starts life giving $500 worth of law for $5 and ends giving $5 worth for $500. Benjamin H. Brewster US lawyer (1816 - 1888) A magician pulls rabbits out of hats. An experimental psychologist pulls habits out of rats. Anonymous Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. T. S. Eliot British (US-born) critic, dramatist & poet (1888 - 1965) The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it. Benjamin Disraeli British politician (1804 - 1881) If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. George Bernard Shaw Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 - 1950) Reading this book is like waiting for the first shoe to drop. Ralph Novak He who postpones the hour of living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. Horace Roman lyric poet & satirist (65 BC - 8 BC) Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good. Samuel Johnson, (attributed) English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784) Censorship, like charity, should begin at home; but, unlike charity, it should end there. Clare Booth Luce US diplomat, dramatist, journalist, & politician (1903 - 1987) |