#rite

I don't think writers need to be insane. Just crazy. ↗

— Rayne Hall

#writing #writing-life #life

Writers are the wind that sail words across the page. ↗

— Laurie Buchanan

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Writing like this is a little like milking a cow: the milk is so rich and delicious, and the cow is so glad you did it. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#writers #writing-process #life

The difference between real life and a story is that life has significance, while a story must have meaning. The former is not always apparent, while the latter always has to be, before the end. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#fiction #fictional #life #meaning #pattern

If someone should ask, "how should an Opposition function?" the best answer would be, "in the manner of a traditional mother-in-law who watches the performance of household work by a daughter-in-law and follows her about with her comments. ↗

— R.K. Narayan

#life

No one ever accepts criticism so cheerfully. Neither the man who utters it nor the man who invites it really means it. ↗

— R.K. Narayan

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It wasn't till they were on the bridge that Delly asked RB, "So, Ferris Boyd's your favorite?" She didn't mind, mostly. RB answered so fast, though, she knew he wasn't fibbing. "She's my favorite friend," he told her. "You're my favorite everything. ↗

— Katherine Hannigan

#friends #life #siblings #life

Most writing doesn’t take place on the page; it takes place in your head. ↗

— Susan Orlean

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Life is painful and disappointing. It is useless, therefore, to write new realistic novels. We generally know where we stand in relation to reality and don’t care to know any more. ↗

— Michel Houellebecq

#novels #realism #reality #writers #writing

THE MANY FACES OF SURVIVAL Sunday, August 10th at 2:00 PST Dachau Liberator, medical whistle-blower, award winning writer, college professor and world renowned garlic farmer, Chester Aaron, talks about the hard choices he’s had to make, why he made them, and how it’s changed his life. Mr. Aaron was recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, and received the Huntington Hartford Foundation fellowship which was chaired by Aldous Huxley and Tomas Mann. He also inspired Ralph Nader to expose the over-radiation of blacks in American hospitals. Now Mr. Aaron is a world-renowned garlic farmer who spends his days writing about the liberation of Dachau. He is 86 years old and he has a thousand stories to tell. Although he has published over 17 books, he is still writing more and looks forward to publishing again soon. ↗

— Judy Gregerson

#radio #writer #art