#thing

Poetry consists in a rhyming dictionary and things seen. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#dictionary #poetry #rhyming #seen #things

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#art #contemporary #difference #enough #generation

I hate cameras. They are so much more sure than I am about everything. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#am #cameras #everything #hate #i

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#doing #even #hold #illusion #important

I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier? ↗

— John Steinbeck

#approaching #barrier #customs #feel #guilt

But the truth is, growing up in California, we knew nothing about hockey. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#california #growing #growing up #hockey #knew

I'd like to add that negotiating is not something to be avoided or feared - it's an everyday part of life. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#avoided #everyday #feared #i #life

We can always find creative ways to do things. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#creative #creative ways #find #things #ways

Well, when you've had Tom Cruise play you, anything else is a comedown. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#cruise #else #had #play #tom

Questions are fiction, and answers are anything from more fiction to science-fiction. ↗

— Saul Steinberg

#anything #fiction #more #questions #science-fiction