Rob Bignell > Quotes

“I would rather die of love than let love die.”
― Rob Bignell, Love Letters to Sophie's Mom

“Often as writers, we are surprised by what we learn about ourselves. It runs counter to what we’ve thought about who we are. But it is closer to the truth.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“Never be afraid to write what you believe. If the message speaks the truth, others will fear your words for you.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“When we sit down to write, we psychically enter a sanctuary. This safe haven is our own personal space where we can say whatever is on our mind, where we can talk about what matters most to us, where we can imagine the kind of world that we would like to live.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“There’s really only one good writing habit: You must write constantly.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“If my dream comes true,
Is truth then only a dream?”
― Rob Bignell, Love Letters to Sophie's Mom

“Every word I write is another stroke that takes me to the shore of a completed book.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“It is upon such stones that men attempt to permanently etch history so they will not exist in a vacuum; it is the final statement after a lifetime of scratching out divisions upon the ground, over ephemeral time itself, merely to give their short journeys meaning, to tell others “I was here – do not forget me, do not let my brief blast dissolve into nothingness.”
― Rob Bignell

“Writing heals my heart like no pill ever could.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“My ideas are a shapeless mass that my writing molds into beauty.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“We are supposed to do something with these/Damn hearts of ours, and we are meant to love and be loved.”
― Rob Bignell

“...ugly interlopers threaten to choke off your story, depriving it of much-needed nutrition, sunlight and water. Identify and cut those weeds – the life-sucking adverbs, the shade-killing descriptions that don’t move the story forward, the crowding passive voice sentences.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“Replace your old books with the books you’ve always wanted to write.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“Through the act of writing, a writer learns more about himself than he could ever imagine.”
― Rob Bignell

“Every word I write is a seed that I may nurture into a small, beautiful poem or a tall, soaring tree.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“Every moment offers a great opportunity to write.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“If my dream comes true,/Is truth then only a dream?”
― Rob Bignell, Love Letters to Sophie's Mom

“We are the daily bread of forlorn lovers, of all who want to believe in love; they cannot live without a taste.”
― Rob Bignell, Love Letters to Sophie's Mom

“Tell me once more about the eternal surf.”
― Rob Bignell

“Every book I've read appears in my writing.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“...you are a writer the moment you start writing, not when you've sold your first book.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“Replace your old books with the book you've always wanted to write.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“There is always, always, always something to write about.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“Each time I write, I reaffirm my soul.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“Your first written sentence is the foundation of all of your dreams.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“..here's the editor's prescription, writer: 1000 words daily until next checkup.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“The beginning of every writing session is like setting down a road unknown.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“...writing allows us to reposition ourselves so we can see what is otherwise in our mental blind spots or those things about oneself and the world that we neither can see nor understand from the spot where we stand.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“Writing is the neck muscle allowing us to see the important stuff in our periphery.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

“When I reach for my pen, nothing is out of reach.”
― Rob Bignell, Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers