Gene Stratton-Porter Quotes about Writing

I write as the birds sing, because I must, and usually from the same source of inspiration.

I write as the birds sing, because I must, and usually from the same source of inspiration.

Inspiration, Writing, Bird

You cannot write on the heart of another what you do not feel yourself.

Writing, Heart, Feels

If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.

Gene Stratton-Porter

Inspirational, Writing, Names

Gene Stratton-Porter (2016). “Gene Stratton-Porter Collection: A Girl of the Limberlost, Freckles, Laddie, The Harvester, A Daughter of the Land, At the Foot of the Rainbow, Her Fatther's Daughter, Michale O'Halloran”, p.34, Xist Publishing

What you are lies with you. If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose, among the only ones who live beyond the grave in this world, the people who write books that help, make exquisite music, carve statues, paint pictures, and work for others. Never mind the calico dress, and the coarse shoes. Work at you books, and before long you will hear yesterday's tormentors boasting that they were once classmates of yours.

Gene Stratton-Porter

Lying, Book, Writing

Gene Stratton-Porter (2013). “The Essential Gene Stratton-Porter Collection”, p.819, eBookIt.com

Gene Stratton-Porter Quotes about Writing

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