The quote in today's quoteskimming icon is from one of Jane Austen's letters.

On writing poetry

From W. H. Auden in The Dyer's Hand:

"Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect, the result is an orderly happy household. If he is too ( Read more... )

I'm thinking this might be a regular Sunday thing for me now, since I keep finding so many great writing-related quotes. What's quoteskimming, you ask? It's my word for ganking writing-related quotes from here and there ( Read more... )