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Susan Sontag on Being a Writer: “You Have to Be Obsessed”
How it felt to me : that is getting closer to the truth about a note book. I sometimes delude myself about why I keep a notebook, imagine that some thrifty virtue derives from preserving everything observed. See enough and write it down, I tell myself, and then some morning when the world seems drained of wonder, some day when I am only going throu... See more
Joan Didion • On Keeping a Notebook - Joan Didion
“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world."
-Susan Sontag
I honestly think in order to be a writer, you have to learn to be reverent. If not, why are you writing? Why are you here?
Anne Lamott • Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
I felt arrows of rage rising in me, fraught images spreading like bloodstains. There’s no point, I told myself. I reached for the ordinary decoys. It won’t get you anywhere. Think of the outcome you want and make sure you are moving towards it. Got to be practical. That’s what I always told the girls at school. There is so much in life that doesn’t... See more
Mason Currey • Life advice from a great 2021 novel
And how do you explain that nearly no one is good enough, it has to do with how much work you put in, your diligence, your persistence, some fortune, some luck. And I suppose it has to be with your willingness to imagine things that aren’t there. They didn’t need me to give them permission to live their dreams. No one had ever given me permission t
... See moreJami Attenberg • I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home
