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Odd Habits? Nah, Writer

September 15, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“In the end, I am quite normal. I don’t have odd habits. I don’t dramatize. Above all, I do not romanticize the act of writing. I don’t talk about the anguish I suffer in creating. I do not have a fear of the blank page, writer’s block, all those things that we hear about writers.”

— Jose Saramago

Paradox of Humanity

September 14, 2014September 4, 2014Leave a comment

“The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your subject, is to hit the human heart and the tear ducts and the nape of the neck and to make a person feel something about the characters are going through and to experience the moral paradoxes and struggles of being human.”

— Tim O’Brien

More Is Needed

September 13, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.”

— Gwendolyn Brooks

Think & Act . . . Act & Think?

September 12, 2014September 11, 2014Leave a comment

“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”

— Johann von Goethe

Receiving a Long Letter

September 11, 2014June 12, 2014Leave a comment

“After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.”

— Jean Cocteau

Participant: The Writer

September 3, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“The writer must be a participant in the scene… like a film director who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work, and somehow manages to film himself in action, as the protagonist or at least the main character.”

— Hunter S. Thompson

A Writer’s Soul

September 1, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.”

— Virginia Woolf

As You Wish…

August 30, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“If you wish to be a writer, write.”

— Epictetus

Lose Yourself

August 28, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

“The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is flickering by and you’re hardly a part of it. You remember the events in your books better than you remember the events that actually took place when you were writing them.”

— George R. R. Martin

Frost on Style

August 26, 2014July 20, 2014Leave a comment

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Odd Habits? Nah, Writer

“In the end, I am quite normal. I don’t have odd habits. I don’t dramatize. Above all, I do not romanticize the act of writing. I don’t talk about the anguish I suffer in creating. I do not have a fear of the blank page, writer’s block, all those things that we hear about writers.”

— Jose Saramago

Paradox of Humanity

“The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your subject, is to hit the human heart and the tear ducts and the nape of the neck and to make a person feel something about the characters are going through and to experience the moral paradoxes and struggles of being human.”

— Tim O’Brien

More Is Needed

“A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.”

— Gwendolyn Brooks

Think & Act . . . Act & Think?

“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”

Receiving a Long Letter

“After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.”

— Jean Cocteau

Participant: The Writer

“The writer must be a participant in the scene… like a film director who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work, and somehow manages to film himself in action, as the protagonist or at least the main character.”

— Hunter S. Thompson

A Writer’s Soul

“Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.”

— Virginia Woolf

As You Wish…

“If you wish to be a writer, write.”

— Epictetus

Lose Yourself

“The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is flickering by and you’re hardly a part of it. You remember the events in your books better than you remember the events that actually took place when you were writing them.”

— George R. R. Martin

Frost on Style

“Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.”

— Robert Frost

“In the end, I am quite normal. I don’t have odd habits. I don’t dramatize. Above all, I do not romanticize the act of writing. I don’t talk about the anguish I suffer in creating. I do not have a fear of the blank page, writer’s block, all those things that we hear about writers.”

— Jose Saramago

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“The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your subject, is to hit the human heart and the tear ducts and the nape of the neck and to make a person feel something about the characters are going through and to experience the moral paradoxes and struggles of being human.”

— Tim O’Brien

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“A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.”

— Gwendolyn Brooks

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“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”

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“After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.”

— Jean Cocteau

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“The writer must be a participant in the scene… like a film director who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work, and somehow manages to film himself in action, as the protagonist or at least the main character.”

— Hunter S. Thompson

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“Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.”

— Virginia Woolf

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“If you wish to be a writer, write.”

— Epictetus

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“The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is flickering by and you’re hardly a part of it. You remember the events in your books better than you remember the events that actually took place when you were writing them.”

— George R. R. Martin

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“Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.”

— Robert Frost

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