A key to the art of conversation is learning how to be an effective and active listener.

The art of civil conversation begins at birth. Then goes from the dinner table to the schoolroom, to interaction among friends, to the work place, and on to other places where all manner of social...

Authors can write stories without people assuming that they are autobiographies, but songwriters and poets are often considered to be the characters in their works. I like Michelangelo’s vision, ‘I saw the angel in the...

Your posture is the key to your personal and professional foundation.

If I had time, I would become timeless.

Posture is paramount to your future.

The best thing about being an author is the unspoken approval to dream while awake.

Posture reflects your attitude.

My normal friends loved having a token author. Just like every WoW raiding party needs at least one healer, every gaggle needs at least one artist. They enjoyed introducing me to people at bars. “This...

Great posture never goes out of style.

Let us work towards not only bringing civility back in style, but ultimately making it a lifestyle.

Great posture is the foundation that always fits.

What are the messages that you are entertaining?

How can we know the dancer from the dance? Did Yeats create his poems, or did his poetry make him a poet? How does one separate the creator from hiscreation? They create each other. On...

We are more advanced technologically than ever before. However, technology, in many respects, is leading to the decline of conversation.

Author: A person who’s best friends are imaginary,and who’s most exciting adventures take place on the written page.

Write in recollection and amazement for yourself.

Let today mark a new beginning for you. Give yourself permission to say NO without feeling guilty, mean, or selfish. Anybody who gets upset and/or expects you to say YES all of the time clearly...

Part of my soul goes into each quote I write. A book of my quotes can be yours for just $19.99.

When I die cremate me so I can finally fit into something small.

The real novelist, the perfectly simple human being, could go on, indefinitely imaging.

If the people of Europe had known as much of astronomy and geology when the bible was introduced among them, as they do now, there never could have been one believer in the doctrine of...

Toni’s Talk: When you invest in yourself, you have instant credibility with your biggest critic…you! As soon as you let doubt creep in—you lose that investment. Make a daily commitment to assess your worth with...

At first the creative mind submits to its entry into the symbolic register and gets itself structured like everyone else. Then he balks at a fateful moment which becomes a turning point in the history...

I have an idea for a new book. It’s a novel about a beautiful yet sensitive author whose spirit is crushed by her domineering editor. Do you like it?

Most people keep their dreams to themselves, afraid to follow their hearts. Writers make their dreams a reality with each word, each line that flows from their pen.

The heart is a place with worm holes made by feelings you aren’t supposed to have but do.

Whether the underlying cause of your dependency is a chemical imbalance, unresolved events from the past, beliefs you hold that are inconsistent with what is true, an inability to cope with current conditions, or a...

As an author, I like self-help, because clapping can be done by myself, for myself. I should buy gloves.

The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.

Write what you want to write and would like to read, not for any invisible audience. Your readers will find you.

What gives meaning to your life is rooted in your definition of the author of life.

Part fact part fiction is what life is. And it is always a cover story. I wrote my way out.

When you’ve got creative momentum, the last thing you want to do is stop. I’d write and write and wake up with my head slumped over and my fingers still on the keyboard and the...

Author:A common gadabout who freely wanders over the landscape with wanton disregard. His days are spent picking up all the stray free words he can handle and squirreling them away for later use. Subsequently, (days,...

I have been an author for 20 years and an ass for 55.

If it’s your greatest dream, you wouldn’t give up so easily.. So do yourself a favour, find it again & start focusing on anything that will help you materialise it, it’s not going to be...

My words, my writing, my actions—these have never been for myself alone, either directly or indirectly. There is no such thing as an artist who creates art only for himself. That is masturbation.

Why certainly, words possess power. They do! But releasing their magic requires combining and arranging those words in the right order.

Poetry is no rocket science, a good poet writes from his heart!

I love my career. It is a career. A difficult one that takes many hours and total dedication to my craft. It is also what I was born to do–tell stories and entertain.

Every step taken is the first of a new journey. Its up to me if I choose to contine walking or I might love it so much I will run.

Excerpt from Ursula K Le Guin’s speech at National Book AwardsHard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our...

It doesn’t matter what you look like when you see in the mirror, what matters most, is how you feel about yourself.

…I happen to be the kind of author who in starting to work on a book has no purpose than to get rid of that book….

The agony of man is always longer than the fleeting moments of bliss. The trick is to reverse those two.

You should author the narration of your life and organization. If you don’t, someone will, and you may not like it.

Moral obligations verses Legal obligations. Legally, you must abide by the laws of the land or face the consequences of being fined, imprisoned or both. Moral obligations tend to lean more towards a spiritual nature...

Free time is a terrible thing to waste. Read a book.

No story is worth telling without the twists and turns. Make them count instead.