Author: Wayne Woods

“Don’t be afraid of hard work. Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Don’t let others discourage you or tell you that you can’t do it. In my day I was told women...

“Nobody said not to go.” ― Emily Hahn Author of 54 books and over 200 articles and short stories1, Missourian Emily Hahn was born this week in 1905. To say that...

“Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.” Zora...

“Art didn’t start black or white, it just started … There have been too many labels in this world: Negro, Colored, Black, African-American … Why do we label people with...

“I want you to understand that your first duty is to humanity.  I want others to look at us and see that we care not just about ourselves but about...

“I am not at all in a humor for writing; I must write on till I am.” JANE AUSTEN, letter to Cassandra Austen, Oct. 26, 18131 This week we celebrate...

This week we celebrate the birthdays of two “Graces”. “Humans are allergic to change. They love to say, “We’ve always done it this way.” I try to fight that. That’s...

“As long as I live, I will never be a party to anything as un‐American as a blacklist,” —Eric Johnston, president of the MPAA, who in 1947 did an about...

“Fiction is too beautiful to be about just one thing. It should be about everything.” Arundhati Roy This week we celebrate the birthday of author Arundhati Roy, 1997 winner of...

“There is only one failure in life possible, and that is not to be true to the best one knows.” George Eliot This week we celebrate the bi-centennial birthday of...