If you become someone who is uncomfortable unless she is creating change, restless if things are standing still, and disappointed if you haven’t failed recently, you’ve figured out how to become comfortable with the behaviors most likely to make you safe going forward. Seth Godin
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Nothing is so exhausting as indecision, and nothing is so futile. Bertrand Russell
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All my stories that are worth anything are based on some sort of personal metaphor. When I was eight years old a little girl went into Lake Michigan, that I was playing with, and she never came out. What a mystery it was to hear about this thing called drowning, and death. And she stayed… Continue reading Untitled
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I consider myself to be the audience I’m writing for… I think there’s an analogy to be drawn with cooking. Theoretically, why does a chef need to have a good palate?….Well, obviously, I’d rather take my chances with a chef who likes the food they’re cooking than one who doesn’t. Only the chef who likes… Continue reading Untitled
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I don’t put much value in so-called inspiration. The value is in how many times you can redo something. John Irving, National Book Award Interview, June 3, 2005
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More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. John Irving
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My pencils outlast their erasers. Vladimir Nabokov, Speak, Memory, Random House, 1966
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Everything is planned. I spent a long time outlining. It’s the only way I know to get all the ducks in a row… . The research is the easiest. The outline is the most fun because you can do anything. The first draft is the hardest, because every word of the outline has to be… Continue reading Untitled
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Any day that I don’t get to write something-anything-is a day I have to spend being someone other than who I am. Larry Gelbart in “And Here’s The Kicker”, Mike Sacks
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Success isn’t about how much money you make, it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives Michelle Obama