Quotes from Cat Ellington

After you have done your work—challenging as it may have been to complete—and released it in the marketplace, be not concerned with sales, reviews, critical acclaim, or anything else of the like... After you've written and published a book, you're now an AUTHOR. And that great honor can NEVER be taken away from you, no matter what.

As a working professional in the entertainment industry, I have come to truly cherish both my creative freedom and my independence. Because I, for one, know how precious and priceless they are.

Basically, I bring the truth and the light through the written word. For in such a way am I utilized as a creative human vessel.

Diversity is key where my casting duties are concerned. And as a casting director, I will always assemble multi-cultural ensembles. Always.

Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat is a picture book meritable of every child reader, whether he or she is just a beginner, or a bit more advanced.

Goodreads is like the Harold Washington Library Center of the Internet. It's exceptional.

Grace Kelly's 'Lisa Carol Fremont' is my spirit animal.

Honestly, if I weren't married to Joseph Strickland, I would most definitely be married to Jesse L. Martin.

Hope will carry you to a land flowing with great opportunities, and faith will establish you there.

I am an author of the analytical critique. And because of that, a ton of research is done by me in order to bring an examination into comprehensive being.

I am indeed my most unmerciful critic.

Mariah Carey is my number one fan.

Men and women in the creative arts should be free to express themselves, creatively, without interference from those who are without honor where having talent is concerned.

My soul is hugged and kissed by art.

Nearly everything I do is independent. It's my nature, what being fiercely independent. And publishing my written works of literature under my own imprint—Quill Pen Ink Publishing—is no different.

Nothing in the world terrifies me more than to have the words stop coming. If I can't write, I could be of no use.

Songwriters are the architects of the music industry. Without a songwriter there could not, and would not, be a music industry. We create the blueprint.

Songwriters are the salt of the Earth.

Songwriting cannot be taught; it is a God-given gift from the womb.

Stephen King is my Maine man.

The ability to love is the ability to be free.

The first thing I look for, in addition to a performer's range, is a performer's look in comparison to the character. That is very important to me as a casting director.

The South Side of Chicago is my oyster.

The style in which I express myself, poetically, is one of appreciable literary inspiration.