From Virginia Woolf
“It is worth mentioning, for future reference, that the creative power which bubbles so pleasantly in beginning a new book quiets down after a time, and one goes on more steadily. Doubts creep in. Then one becomes resigned. Determination not to give in, and the sense of an impending shape keep one at it more than anything.”
August 30th, 2007 at 3:34 am
YES! What an awesome quote. Thanks for finding that — I hadn’t seen that one before.
August 30th, 2007 at 5:52 am
DITTO! That’s soooooo true. I am gonna snatch that one, too! I love the Steinbeck one. I’m at the stage where I am motivated by the form and shape of the story. It’s becoming….
August 30th, 2007 at 9:47 pm
Fabulous quote! I will had it to the others I have snatched from this site!! TOO TRUE Miss Virginia Woolf!
August 30th, 2007 at 11:59 pm
Sven, how did you know I needed this quote at this very time?