4/5/2024 0 Comments Maya angelou quote breathe![]() If not new ground for other writers, at least new ground for me. I hope one day I will have broken new ground in the writing game. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. 'Ive learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.' Undated. Mark Twain said it best, didn’t he, when he said: I don’t know if I’ve written sentences that go straight to my readers’ hearts yet, but I’m working on it.īut I have to give one of my favorite authors credit for really nailing why I write, and why I try to write something new every time. That quote right there is why I rewrite and rewrite some sentences. “The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.” - Maya Angelou Here’s one that’s a little less light-hearted, but one that I also love: “I try to leave out the parts that people skip.” - Elmore Leonard. One of my absolute favorites and one that I try to live my writing life by: Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. Every year I put a quote in my Christmas card-something that means something to me and that I hope will mean something to my friends and family.Īnyway, Ellen’s quote got me thinking about some of my favorite writerly quotations. When I hit a roadblock in my writing, I troll the internet for inspirational quotes. I love quotes, especially by writers or about writing. I’d never read this particular quote, but I found it very inspirational. ![]() ![]() Download or share this Maya Angelou quote with your friends on facebook, linkedin, whatsapp, twitter, and on other social media. We may not have enough courage to display it.' at This quote is about may, empathy, think. This quotes advocates for being productive in dealing with something that causes unhappiness. Quote by Maya Angelou: 'I think we all have empathy. ![]() Maya Angelou speech for Barack Obama campaign 2008 Wikimedia Commons. If you cannot change it, change your attitude. One of my favorite authors who I am grateful to be able to call a writing buddy, Ellen Meister, recently posted an inspiring quote from J.D. 1.If you don’t like something, change it. ![]()
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