Life Advice from Jennifer Egan and All Your Other Favorite Authors
A letter from author Anne Lamott on the value of reading:
“If you love to read, or learn to love reading, you will have an amazing life. Period. Life will always have hardships, pressure, and incredibly annoying people, but books will make it all worthwhile. In books, you will find your North Star, and you will find you, which is why you are here.
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“If you love to read, or learn to love reading, you will have an amazing life. Period. Life will always have hardships, pressure, and incredibly annoying people, but books will make it all worthwhile. In books, you will find your North Star, and you will find you, which is why you are here.
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James Clear • 3-2-1: On the paradox of focus, criticism, and the value of reading
How writers cultivate confidence through eclectic reading, interdisciplinary curiosity, intellectual nomadism, and deep listening beyond written texts.
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For me to be able to feel that kind of confidence, I do a lot of learning beforehand. So I read a lot, I research a lot and I listen a lot. I try to become a learner in life.
Tell me about listening, what do you mean? Well, to me this is very important. I think writers, we writers need to be two things. Excuse me, all our lives. We need to be good
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