“Content is King. Promotion is Queen”
“Advice from a Romance Writer: Guys, make your woman feel pretty even on an off day. Trust me, good things will come of it.”
“I heart my job. I get to make things up for a living.”
“I have been an author for 20 years and an ass for 55.”
“Let your words be your voice. And let your voice be heard within the hearts of others.”
“Well, Betsy, he said, your mother tells me that you are going to use Uncle Keith s trunk for a desk. That s fine. You need a desk. I ve often noticed how much you like to write. The way you eat up those advertising tablets from the store! I never saw anything like it. I can t understand it though. I never write anything but checks myself. Bob! said Mrs. Ray. You wrote the most wonderful letters to me before we were married. I still have them, a big bundle of them. Every time I clean house I read them over and cry. Cry, eh? said Mr. Ray, grinning. In spite of what your mother says, Betsy, if you have any talent for writing, it comes from family. Her brother Keith was mighty talented, and maybe you are too. Maybe you re going to be a writer. Betsy was silent, agreeably abashed. But if you re going to be a writer, he went on, you ve got to read. Good books. Great books. The classics.”
“Determine the result you desire..law of averages does not know the objective untill the decision is made. Once a decision is made, the law of averages goes into operation.”
“I don t write because I think I have something to say. I write because if I don t, everything feels even worse.”
“Excuse me, I think you re stepping on my dream.”
“You are not ordinary. Welcome to the extraordinary.”
“Richard Alther s Bedside Matters offers readers an insightful and moving end-of-life narrative in the spirit of Paul Harding s Tinkers and William Gaddis s Agapē Agape. Challenged by physical decline and family intrigue, Walter transcends his corporeal prison to find larger meaning in art, philosophy, and literature. A work of depth, carefully wrought with nuance and delicately wrapped in wisdom and humor, Bedside Matters serves up a worthy exploration of and an antidote to the shortcomings of our material age. — Jacob M. Appel, author of Millard Salter s Last Day.”
“The fellowship of friendship is family.”
“Sometimes authors have to be stronger than their superheroes.”