“You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair, the sense that you can never completely put on the page what is in your mind and heart.
You can come to the act with your fists clenched and your eye narrowed, ready to kick ass and take down names. You can come to it because you want a girl to marry you or because you want to change the world. Come to it any way but lightly.
Let me say it again: you must not come lightly to the blank page.”
-Stephen King

My daughter sent me this quote and I thought others might like it.

• B.E. Earl says:

  September 10, 2008 at 3:34 pm

  Sometimes I like Stephen King’s non-fiction writing more than his fiction. This is a good example.

  Ditto, Earl.
  ~m

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• lolly says:

  September 10, 2008 at 6:21 pm

  Yes, I like it.

  Me, too!
  Tanks, Lolly
  ~m

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• Enreal says:

  September 11, 2008 at 2:18 am

  Indeed great quote… I never really thought of it… my blank page is never really blank… it reads from the pages of my mind… needs a translator sometimes… and sometimes it is penned with invisible ink… but it is a battle of will… or perhaps it is blank and I am delusional… I think thats more like it… wow it is really late… thanks for the quote… have you read The Dark Tower series by Steven King… great work

  Yup, you get it, Enreal.
  Delusional? You?
  Never!
  ;mrgreen:
  ~m

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• oniongirl says:

  September 11, 2008 at 6:36 am

  yep michael. you were right. i like it.

  it comforts me in a twisted way (pretty much how everything reaches me!)… because in those moments of self-derision and despair; when my feeble ramblings humiliate me and bend my knee… i will remember – that at least i do not come to any page lightly.

  Amen, OG
  Knowing how you write, I knew you’d like this.
  Never lightly . . .
  ~m

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• Mrs.V says:

  September 13, 2008 at 8:48 pm

  That is definitely a quotable quote. How sweet of your daughter to send it to you.

  
  I do have some very sweet daughters.
  Kinda blew me out of the water.
  This was from the daughter that designs a personal journal for me every Christmas.
  Coolbeans.
  ~m

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• whyvonne says:

  September 15, 2008 at 7:10 am

  i would expect nothing less from my hero :). {stevie being #1, M squared.}

  your daughter designs a personal journal for you every christmas? wow. how lucky are you to have such exceptional, caring offspring?

  isn’t life delicious?

  I am lucky.
  You should see the journals (most of which are already filled)
  And as far as delicious?
  Ayup.
  ~m

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