Quotes About Writing Conferences

#1. I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on publishing and writing, went to conferences, joined professional organizations, hooked up with fellow writers in critique groups, and didn't give up. Then I wrote one more book.

Beth Revis

#2. I also said, men are like curling irons, they never get out of your hair. And they are like government bonds, they take so long to mature.

Kabir Bedi

#3. Salus populi suprema lex esto. Let the good (or safety) of the people be the supreme (or highest) law.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

#4. Oftentimes, what seems to be a street lunatic charging at me spouting gibberish turns out to be a devoted 'Simpsons' fan quoting their favorite line.

Matt Groening

#5. As desire recedes, the world becomes clear, pale, and empty.

Mason Cooley

#6. Lawyers can't tell you you can't do something. They can warn you about risks, and in extreme cases tell you that something is such a bad idea you'll need to get someone other than them to do it but the judgment call of whether the risk is worth it is the entrepreneur's.

Bram Cohen

#7. Even though I've reached retirement age, I still plan to work - writing my investment newsletter, speaking at conferences, publishing books, and producing conferences like FreedomFest.

Mark Skousen

#8. All of our great traditions, religious, contemplative and artistic, say that you must a learn how to be alone - and have a relationship with silence. It is difficult, but it can start with just the tiniest quiet moment.

David Whyte

#9. ..such a cross is too much for you. You wanted to regenerate another man in yourself through suffering; I say just remember that other man always, all your life, and wherever you escape to--and that is enough for you.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

#10. Holly Barker series was a great read for me. Stuart gives short chapters and continued action all through his books.

Stuart Woods

#11. I do have the feeling that other writers can't help you with writing. I've gone to writers' conferences and writers' sessions and writers' clinics, and the more I see of them, the more I'm sure it's the wrong direction. It isn't the place where you learn to write.

Nelson Algren

#12. In many cities, it's become popular to hate 'gentrifiers,' rich people who move in and drive up housing prices - pushing everyone else out.

Annalee Newitz

#13. I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.

Hal Sparks

#14. [When asked about Writing Conferences]
You meet people that will change your life.

Susan Wingate

#15. Read everything you can on writing. Join online forums and critique groups, go to conferences, get feedback, and learn, learn, learn!

Chevy Stevens

#16. When you assemble animation teams the way you do a live-action film, you're often struggling a bit to get a cohesive team together, so if you have a team that works well together, you're hoping for another film so that you can refine the team.

Brad Bird

#17. The mind's the standard of the man.

Alan Watts

#18. If we are going to live as disciples of Jesus, we have to remember that all noble things are difficult. The Christian life is gloriously difficult, but the difficulty of it does not make us faint and cave in, it rouses us up to overcome.

Oswald Chambers

#19. People who live life in fear of taking risks die without living it.

Fola

#20. If you haven't taken a writing class, take a writing class. I took every class that was available in my area. I went to conferences inside and outside my area to network with people. That's how I got my agent. I found my agent through another agent who was at a conference.

Kimberly Willis Holt