February 2012
5 posts
Watchflavorpill:
BEST SNL SKIT EVER.
“We are all unkind from time to time. We all do things we desperately wish we...”
– A Great and Terrible Beauty, By Libba Bray (via peacefulseclusion)
January 2012
2 posts
“Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been....”
– Eve Ensler (via misswallflower)
Hi.: What happens if you fall in love with a... →
karenfelloutofbedagain:
Lots of things might happen. That’s the thing about writers. They’re unpredictable. They might bring you eggs in bed for breakfast, or they might all but ignore you for days. They might bring you eggs in bed at three in the morning. Or they might wake you up for sex…
December 2011
7 posts
“I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness. The proof is how...”
– Joseph Gordon-Levitt via suzywire (via petitpoulailler)
“When you grow up you, tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your...”
– The secret of life in 46 seconds, courtesy of Steve Jobs. Monumental. Plus his thoughts on fear and failure in this rare 1995 video interview from the Santa Clara Valley Historical Association. (via curiositycounts)
November 2011
4 posts
On Keeping a Notebook →
tetw:
by Joan Didion
Why did I write it down? In order to remember, of course, but exactly what was it I wanted to remember? How much of it actually happened? Did any of it? Why do I keep a notebook at all? It is easy to deceive oneself on all those scores.
October 2011
12 posts
“Because I knew what I loved. I loved to read; I loved to listen to music; and I...”
– Haruki Murakami, interviewed in The Guardian. (via fabula)
“Every day we slaughter our finest impulses. That is why we get a heartache when...”
– Henry Miller “Why Don’t You Try to Write?” in Creators on Creating (via itsthemusicpeople)
“The second time you fall in love with someone, it’s going to feel different. The...”
– The Second Time You Fall In Love With Someone (via the3rdbrain)
The 10 Types of Writers' Block (and How to... →
hotelechozulu:
saving for later
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“I began to draw an invisible boundary between myself and other people. No matter...”
– Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart (via loveyourchaos)
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“A library is many things. It’s a place to go, to get in out of the rain. It’s a...”
– 26 years ago today, the world lost E. B. White – remember him with his poetic letter to children on the love of libraries.
(via excessivebookshelf)
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“I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
– L. M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (via bookoasis)
September 2011
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“If you want to write, read a lot, then write a lot. Write all the time… and...”
– Maureen Johnson via Shelf Awareness
(from bookish)
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“The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe...”
– William Saroyan (via nathanielswhite)
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Not all those who wander are lost: 13 Writing Tips →
sav3mys0ul:
writingadvice: By Chuck Palahniuk
Number One: Two years ago, when I wrote the first of these essays it was about my “egg timer method” of writing. You never saw that essay, but here’s the method: When you don’t want to write, set an egg timer for one hour (or half hour) and sit down to write…
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