catsignal – Page 8 – fiction, haiku, quotations, etc.

Quotable 462

If the reader doesn’t understand what you’re saying, you’re talking to yourself.
– Nigel Hamilton

thunderstorm
just enough to make
my cat hide

People without hope not only don’t write novels, but what is more to the point, they don’t read them.
– Flannery O’Connor

the bridge
that’s been in the news –
there and back

You want in all cases for the story to get through the writing.
– Alice Munro

afternoon of
activities planned –
rain

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.
– Isaac Bashevis Singer

errands –
lightning forks
across the sky

Inspiration isn’t what gets your book written. Discipline is.
– Malinda Lo

new Star Wars –
souvenir popcorn tubs
abandoned