PAINTING WITH WORDS...: Quote of the week:

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Quote of the week:

“To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life.” W. Somerset Maugham

This is my most favourite quote by another writer. I live by it.

My refuge from the miseries of life....
a few of my bookshelves

4 comments:

RebeccaJanuary 5, 2012 at 1:01 PM
Oh yeah! Something I use daily. Thank you for sharing this, Margaret.
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Margaret BuffieJanuary 5, 2012 at 7:12 PM
You're welcome. If it weren't for books, I'd be lost in so many ways. Thanks, Rebecca.
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Karyn HuenemannJanuary 11, 2012 at 10:47 PM
My husband keeps building them... I keep filling them... what a wonderful world!
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Margaret BuffieJanuary 12, 2012 at 9:50 AM
That, it is!
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I was told by a children's literature prof once, that some of the students in his class, after reading my books, were
sure there were coloured illustrations in them. Some argued with him until shown the book in question. That stays in my memory as one of the nicest things said about my work. Perhaps it's because I'm a painter and a photographer as well, but I do "see" my characters and settings as I write them. I want colour and pattern and shape and strong visuals for my reader. But I also want them to be able to take what I give them and form their own images - of my characters and settings
- not as flat, sterile gray things, but as vibrant living images.

If you'd like to read my post dated Dec 2, 2011 called "Painting with Words" it is in the archives.

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