Dear Direct Response Letter Subscriber:

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And once again, here in no particular order, are a few more of my favorite quotations from writers about writing, communicating, and the arts:

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"No matter how good or great a book is, there are people who hate it. No matter how bad you think a book is, the author believed in it and probably so did his mother. This has nothing to do with whether it works for dozens or thousands or millions of book buyers."
--Orson Scott Card

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"A magazine, when properly conducted, is the nursery of genius; and by constantly accumulating new matter, becomes a kind of market for wit and utility."
--Thomas Paine

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"The most uniquely human tool we all wield is our ability to speak. That we can do it at all sets us apart from all other living beings. Improving your ability by even a fraction of a percent sets you apart from the rest of humanity, too."
--Kim Witten

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"The arts not only imbue our sense of sight, balance, movement, touch and hearing, they also lift our logical minds—the traditional focus of modern education—into the reaches of possibility, invention and genius."
--Eugene Schwartz

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"Clients don't care about great writing. They just want the painful job of filling white space done quickly. It's generally only writers who care about great writing."
--Nigel Graber

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"The studious silence of the library ... Thought is the thought of thought. Tranquil brightness."
--James Joyce

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"When I began honoring my creativity first, placing my soul ahead of my stuff, every aspect of my life became more vibrant, more alive, more fulfilling…it gave me the energy and the enthusiasm to do everything at a higher capacity."
--Gregg Stewart

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"When I was publishing once every two weeks, I had 26 chances a year to get better. Now that I publish daily, I have 365 chances. That's 14 times more practice."
--Matt Giaro

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"A steady devaluation of learning for learning's sake, of thinking about what it means to be human from multiple angles and across time and cultural spaces, has brought about tremendous polarization and a dearth of basic civility."
--Shawna Delansky

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"I write because I have to, because it's the truest expression of my Self, because it's the only thing that uses all of my mind at once (although teaching sometimes comes close), and most of all, because it's fun."
--Tim Waggoner

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Sincerely,

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