Ernest Hemingway’s Quote About Paris

Ernest Hemingway said, “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a  moveable feast.” I’d like to write a story or a novel set in Paris. I’ve visited there twice and have […]

Quote and Prompt for today

  Sunday, July 14, 2013 The air teaches you the power of invisibility. ~ Dr. Pillai Harry Potter had an invisibility cloak. Can you write one into your story? Or use it as a metaphor? Or write a new story with air as a character teaching the power of invisibility?

Quotes about Poetry

“Poetry is the synthesis of Hyacinths and biscuits.”  Carl Sandburg “Poetry is fact given over to Imagery.” Rod McKuen “An ‘Image’ is that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time.” Ezra Pound “By far the most important thing to master is the use of the metaphor. This is the one […]

George Bernard Shaw Quote

“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw As writers, we can use that problem between our characters.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti Quote

If you missed Elaine Webster’s comment to my last post, “Rhythm, Cadence and Beats”, here is the humorous quote she told from Lawrence Ferlinghetti: “Don’t be so open-minded that your brains fall out.”

Carl Jung Quote

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances if there is any reaction, both are transformed. Carl Jung Jung’s quote is a nice visual for character writing.

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