quoted-books:

“There must have been a moment, at the beginning, were we could have said – no. But somehow we missed it.”

— Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

The whole play is worth quoting imo. I particularly like Guildenstern’s remark that he likes being on a boat, because once you’re on it, all you need to do is keep being on it. (Unless you’re a sailor, or – yes, in this case too- a pirate).

sybilius:

lovefromdean:

sometimes i really love my fics. i wrote that because i wanted to read it. i love it. nobody visits my fics more than me. they remind me that i’m a hard worker, that i created something. it’s mine and i cherish it and love it because it’s exactly what i wanted so i made it.

and other days i’m crippled by self criticism and hate everything and can’t bear to look at my own work because i know it’ll never compare to the greats

but i live for the days i love my work. because it’s mine, and i made it. i didn’t wait for somebody else to make what i dream about. i went and did it myself.

so don’t feel like your work is awful

it’s the stuff you dreamed about. it’s the stuff you decided to make a reality. it’s not about quality, or poetry, or how perfectly your sculpt your words or keep it so deeply in character; because it’s what you dreamed and it’s what you wanted to see, so you made it.

keep writing; it’s yours, and you made it. and if you want to continue to sharpen and improve yourself? then do it. it’s all yours and you can make it whatever you want.

keep writing.

This.