Great quotes about reading and writing books!

Here are some more wonderful quotes I thought you might enjoy about books … reading them and writing them. Some are funny, some are insightful, all are thought-provoking.

Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.  – Anonymous

A common quality I see of people who are successful is that they are voracious readers.  – Matt Mullenweg

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.  – Groucho Marx

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.  – Jane Austen

I spend a lot of time reading.  – Bill Gates

People who say they don’t have time to read simply don’t want to.  – Julie Rugg

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies… The man who never reads lives only one.  – George R. R. Martin

I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book.    – J.K. Rowling

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.  – Ray Bradbury

Reading is the creative center of a writer’s life.  – Stephen King

A cliffhanger is when…  – Buffy Andrews

In science read the newest works, in literature read the oldest.  – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

I thought to myself, why not write a bestseller. In the first place, more people read them, you make more money, and it doesn’t take any more time to write a bestseller than it does to write a book that nobody buys. –  George Burns (The Third Time Around)

I’d say that about 82 percent of what I write is bad, but don’t go by me; I’m as bad a judge as I am a writer. Look, if it were all good, you’d be paying twice as much for this book. So relax, read it, and if you don’t enjoy it, remember that you’re saving money.  – George Burns (The Third Time Around)

I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best. – Grace Allen

Never judge a book by its movie. – J. W. Eagan

Writing this book required an enormous amount of help from friends. To them goes the credit. I’ll take the money.  – P. J. O’Rourke (All the Trouble in the World)

 

Which do you like of the above quotes? Do you have any to share?

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings!  🙂

Funny video – how animals eat their food

This morning I want to give you a laugh. It’s a YouTube video. These two guys are hilarious in their enactment of how animals eat their food. I watched episode two afterward, but in my opinion it’s not as good. I think there is a part three out now, but if it is similar to part two this first one has yet to be matched.

Click here to see how animals eat their food.

What do you think, do you agree with their interpretation?

Would you have the courage … or the oh-well-attitude … to entertain people through YouTube?

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings!  🙂

PiBoIdMo has ended – my update

Today is the first day of December … already!! Where did the time go? Yikes! And I love that it’s snowing on my blog. 🙂  (Thanks, Word Press!)

Soon it will be Christmas Day; I have a lot to do at home and at Dad’s to even feel ready for this special time of year, but I have begun – with help. I appreciate the beauty of this season (not the intense cold that comes with it) and especially the true meaning of Christmas.

The writerly news is …

PiBoIdMo ended at midnight November 30 …

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Just at the last moment I came up with the cutest title which has me thinking of a story to go with it. The great news is I completed PiBoIdMo with a win. The goal was to have 30 ideas, be they ever so small or detailed, and I got almost 50. YAY!

vinvogel_piboldmo_winnerPicture Book Idea Month is truly helpful when one is pursuing creative writing goals. Now Tara Lazar has begun a week of Post-PiBo posts which are a fantastic way to end this month-long event. She is genius in her contribution to the world of writing for children, and I’ve been very encouraged along the way – thanks to her.

The next fun part is after all this ends Tara has the task of giving out prizes to those of us who completed the challenge. Of course, with so many of us signed on not everyone will win a prize, but we are all winners if we participated in this event and took in what all the authors, illustrators and agents shared with us. It’s been an especially good PiBoIdMo for me at a time when I really needed to put my mind on creative things.

Did you take part in PiBoIdMo; if so how did you do? OR … Do you have any other successes to share, or goals you wish to achieve?

Thanks for reading, and … Creative Musings!