#con

Whereas fiction is a continual discovery of what one wants to say, what one feels, what one means, and is, in that sense, a performance art, biography requires different skills - research and organization. ↗

— Edmund White

#biography #continual #different #discovery #feels

Every second is mapped out and he has this total childish fascination with color and shapes and sequences. ↗

— Meg White

#color #every #every second #fascination #mapped

I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck's a little bit bent and it's a little bit out of tune. I want to work and battle it and conquer it and make it express whatever attitude I have at that moment. I want it to be a struggle. ↗

— Jack White

#battle #bent #bit #conquer #express

For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men's command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority. ↗

— Theodore White

#away #being #bodies #break #cease

Power in America today is control of the means of communication. ↗

— Theodore White

#america #communication #control #means #today

The whole purpose of those attacks was to drive those contractors out. Lots of them had to leave. They were terrified. ↗

— Wayne White

#contractors #drive #had #leave #lots

Consistency is the paste jewel that only cheap men cherish. ↗

— William Allen White

#cherish #consistency #jewel #men #only

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude. ↗