Quoting the Scribes

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Write On! Publishing, Wayne Tilden

Reglogged from North West Christian Writers’ Association on June 15, 2012

A metaphor is like a simile.
Author Unknown

I have made this letter longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
Blaise Pascal

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.
Anne Rice

I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.
Steven Wright

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.
Gustave Flaubert

The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes.
Agatha Christie

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can’t help it.
Leo Rosten

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
W. Somerset Maugham

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

(Ralph Waldo Emerson)

To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.
Phyllis Theroux

Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
Carol Burnett

Writing is a struggle against silence.
Carlos Fuentes

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
Jules Renard

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

"To Kill a Mockingbird" was required reading when I was a freshman in high school. At that time, we also viewed the movie together as a class. It's surprising how true to the book the movie is.

The further information on whom the characters are based gives it a special enjoyment to me. If you didn't know, Scout is the author, Harper Lee, herself - who also narrated the movie, and Dill is Truman Capote, the author of "In Cold Blood", who actually was a summer neighbor and friend of Ms Lee.

Since then I have read the book a number of times just because I wanted to. It's still, as far as I'm concerned, a modern classic which should continue to be required reading.

Poland by James A. Michener
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

While a very long book, Poland is a worthwhile read. Michener is at his best and is able to cover a very large period of time. The novel begins in 1204 and covers 777 years until 1981.

The author courageously covers the major wars, civil changes, and social changes. His descriptions, particular of the battles and subterfuges make you feel like you are intimately involved with the people and places.

While many of the characters are fictional, he manages to include, at least, references to historical figures. Pope John Paul II (Cardinal Karoly Wojtyla), Lech Walesa, Ronald Reagan, and others.

We are taken into battles between the Polish people and the Tatars, the Prussians, the Viennese, the "Great War" Germans, the Nazis, and the Communist Russians, to name a few. And each time Poland always "bounces back".

This is a protracted tome, but well worth the read. If you're interested in the minor countries place in the Middle Ages, in the relationship of those Slavic related countries, in World War I's place in Eastern Europe, and the beginnings of the freedom fight against the Russian Communists, then this is one great place to start - or to continue your reading and study.

Step up, take a deep breath, and enjoy.

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I have had many opportunities to have read this book before, but the scope of the story frightened me. After I found out that it covered the same period as Les Miserables - which I have read - I decided that it was time to read it.

This is a book of tremendous scope. I found it hard to keep track of some of the characters, but the overall story was excellent, and the principles were very well fleshed out and showed great humanity.

In many ways this was a "typical" Charles Dickens story. There are many storylines and some of the characters work in and out of the stories to tie the whole thing together.

I found this to be an enjoyable read and recommend it to any and all who are Dickens fans and any who are interested in the period of Louis the XVI, the guillotine, the storming of the Bastille and the French students' rebellion/riots/protests.

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