Lori Lesko Quotes

#1. I'm not a lawyer, but I play one in my novel COPYRIGHT. I also play a serial rapist, a drug addict, a teenage boy and lesbian model.

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#2. Just keep telling me I can't do it. I thrive on being obstinate.

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#3. When you have nothing left to lose, it's easy to dive deep into those deep, dark hidden places and write your truth. I'm there.

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#4. It's simply impossible for me to filter my thoughts and feelings. I tell it from my point of view. I'm an open book.

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#5. Every artist needs canvass, mine just happens to be Microsoft Word and a Thesaurus.

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#6. Never judge a person until you've walked a mile in their busted up shoes and haven't had any money for medication for two weeks.

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#7. Bless her heart. Do you want me to kill her off for ya?

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#8. All writers are different, each have their own artist way they go about telling a story. The only thing they have in common, is they write.

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#9. Can I possibly be a good writer if I'm not healed form the story I'm telling? Will I be able to go deep enough if people find out the truth?

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#10. Why do writers write? Why do actors act? Why do painters paint? It doesn't pay much, unless you're very successful. It's who we are.

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#11. The good news about self publishing is you get to do everything yourself. The bad news about self publishing is you get to do everything yourself.

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#12. I had a very funny and depressing talk with my seventy-four-year-old mother. I decided, she doesn't have a bucket list - she has a kick-the-bucket list.

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#13. A book is a living breathing piece of art and you are just the person it chose to channel its story. Be humble.

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#14. Life is precious, fragile and will be gone before you know it. Do what you love now, while it's still possible.

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#15. What do you want to write? What gets your goat? What irks you to no length? If you could change the world with words, what would they be?

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#16. When you're writing, don't forget to keep your favorite audience in mind
you.

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#17. I'm really just playing when I write. I feel like I'm a kid again. I want my characters to do and say things like when I played with dolls!

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#18. Write with your heart, not your head. Brains tend to ooze out of your ears and nose when things get intense. Then you're a mess.

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#19. I would say about 80% of my writing (including posts and blogs), has to do with unresolved anger and that's just fine with me

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#20. It's okay to be crazy as long as you keep writing and are happy.

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#21. If you want to write books to get famous, the books will suck.Write books to tell the story you want to tell and for no other reason.

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#22. I don't need to write a memoir of my life. All you need to do is read one of my books. I'm there.

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#23. Let me know if you're in any pain, we're going through your groin with a tiny tube up to your heart." Doctor Casey said.
"Really, that's how my girlfriend does it. Only she doesn't have to medicate me first.

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