“The Writer: [voiceover] I was 12 going on 13 the first time I saw a dead human being. It happened in the summer of 1959-a long time ago, but only if you measure in terms of years. I was living in a small town in Oregon called Castle Rock. There were only twelve hundred and eighty-one people. But to me, it was the whole world.”
― The Body
― The Body
“Grammar is a piano I play by ear.”
― Joan Didion: Essays & Conversations
― Joan Didion: Essays & Conversations
“Dumped doesn't even begin to describe it. If you're going to use a trash metaphor, incinerated is more like it.”
― Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
― Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List
“Well, look who I ran into,"
crowed Coincidence.
"Please," flirted Fate, "this
was meant to be.”
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1
crowed Coincidence.
"Please," flirted Fate, "this
was meant to be.”
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 1
“If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the tools to write.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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