“I’d been beguiled by the new technology—a toddler crawling toward a gun.”
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
― So You've Been Publicly Shamed
“If stone-sober people can fuck like they’re out of their minds—can actually be out of their minds while caught in that throe—why shouldn’t writers be able to go bonkers and still stay sane?”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.”
― Meditations
― Meditations
“I am, when you stop to think of it, a member of a fairly select group: the final handful of American novelists who learned to read and write before they learned to eat a daily helping of video bullshit. This might not be important. On the other hand, if you’re just starting out as a writer, you could do worse than strip your television’s electric plug-wire, wrap a spike around it, and then stick it back into the wall. See what blows, and how far. Just an idea.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have. People who do this are happier and sexier.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
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