Beem Weeks > Quotes

“Those who continue to live in the past will never have a future!”
― Beem Weeks

“Character development is vital when writing a strong story. Weak characters make for weak stories.”
― Beem Weeks, Jazz Baby

“Writing is the soul having its say.”
― Beem Weeks

“A mind that searches for answers to big questions is a mind that will discover incredible things.”
― Beem Weeks

“Writing is as much about painting a picture as anything Van Gogh or Picasso ever did. For writers, description is our brush and words become our paint.”
― Beem Weeks

“What we may view as bad or dark experiences will often be what makes us who we were always meant to be.”
― Beem Weeks

“Anonymity is the calling card of the fearful and the courage of the cowardly.”
― Beem Weeks

“Life has no beginning to the tales it weaves, no real end, neither―only additions and subtractions, is all. Papa became a subtraction the morning he died, erased from my life, never to return.”
― Beem Weeks, Jazz Baby

“Once we forget those who have contributed time and effort in making an endeavor successful, we forget ourselves.”
― Beem Weeks

“Research is so vital to a great story. Know what you're writing about!”
― Beem Weeks

“There has always been a need for me to create with word combinations belonging only to me.”
― Beem Weeks

“Tomorrow is not yours until it becomes today.”
― Beem Weeks

“Never fade in the shadow of another! Always find that light and make your own shadow!”
― Beem Weeks

“Regrets are born in old age, never in youth.”
― Beem Weeks

“Storytelling is a gift, but writing is a learned art.”
― Beem Weeks

“Some people, though related by blood, are as sworn enemies. Others, bound only by friendship, would die for one another.”
― Beem Weeks

“Anything less than complete honesty makes us little more than frauds — regardless of our accomplishments in life.”
― Beem Weeks

“Fear will make a person grasp in desperation for answers--be they truth or fable.”
― Beem Weeks

“Freedom doesn’t come through banning; freedom lies in mastering self-control.”
― Beem Weeks

“Writing is painting for the imagination!”
― Beem Weeks

“Those things we may consider to be of great importance is often just foolish pleasure.”
― Beem Weeks

“There are many ingredients that go into writing a good book. It's all about getting the recipe just right.”
― Beem Weeks

“Yesterday cannot be fixed, tomorrow refuses to be choreographed, but today demands to be lived!”
― Beem Weeks

“Those things we may consider to be of great importance are often just foolish pleasures.”
― Beem Weeks

“Great writers teach as well as entertain.”
― Beem Weeks

“Choose wisely your words when writing; you will forever be remembered for those choices.”
― Beem Weeks, Jazz Baby

“Writing by the seat of your pants is like a director turning on the camera and telling his/her actors to do something.”
― Beem Weeks

“Sharp-angled blades of sunlight sliced open the heavy green canopy above, bleeding lemon-yellow splashes of warmth and light into the cool shade of my private oasis. Here,”
― Beem Weeks, Jazz Baby

“The sky, with a single star, would be dark and boring. A million stars in the firmament makes for something wondrous and bright.”
― Beem Weeks

“A choice made having devastating consequences for another is really not a choice. It is an act.”
― Beem Weeks