6 Quotes by Sam Barry

Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.

I was a Presbyterian minister at a small church in Omaha, Nebraska.

I picked up a harmonica and taught myself.

Start writing, and the muse will come. Not every time, but keep at it, and the muse will come enough for you to get the initial writing done.

We write to tell a story, to describe an event, to imagine or explain what has been or will happen, to warn or touch or inspire. We write to express our most profound emotions – love and hatred, joy and sorrow, humor and sadness.

If your goal is to write a book for publication, rule number one is that no one ever finished a book without sitting down and getting started. Few authors get published without engaging in the daily discipline of writing, even if some days that means staring down a blank notebook or computer screen and drooling into your bag of pork rinds.