Writer's Voices

If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.

Not all of your dreams will come true, but that’s no reason not to pursue them.

A lie is as powerful (good) as the truth, if you can get someone to believe it.

If you are someone people count on, particularly in difficult moments, that’s a sign of having lived a life honorably.

If you can’t be a pencil to write anyone’s happiness then try to be an eraser to remove their sadness.

Writing means sharing, it’s part of the human condition to want to share things, thoughts, ideas and opinions.

“Travel has no longer any charm for me. I have seen all the foreign countries I want to except Heaven and Hell and I have only a vague curiosity about one of those.”

“When I’m writing younger characters I almost always have the central conflict with their siblings.” Kayla Cagen talks about her young adult novel – Piper Perish. “They (siblings) are the other story tellers in our lives…I’ve always found that very fascinating…we are the storyteller of their (lives) and we may have a very different story

Kindness can build on itself as well as violence can.

Retired Professor Emeritus of Engineering John Ong spoke with Writers’ Voices almost ten years ago about his paper, “How to Look Across the Room.” In this paper, John tries to answer a question that occurred to him about 25 years prior, “how is it that I see?” He explored the subject thoroughly so that he Read More