The Best of Me
David Sedaris
The Best of Me
Maybe crows are right about the world. Maybe everything is funny.
Kate DiCamillo • Louisiana's Way Home
We know that every best-selling book on Amazon has at least a few one-star reviews. It’s impossible to create work that both matters and pleases everyone.
Seth Godin • This Is Marketing: You Can't Be Seen Until You Learn to See
Now he was the dish of wrapped peppermints next to the cash register that I didn’t want because they were free.
Augusten Burroughs • Lust & Wonder: A Memoir
If someone says I have spinach between my teeth, I’m suicidal. But if someone criticizes my writing I’m fine, because it’s mine. So I’m all right. Even if a magazine editor complains that my story is “too small,” then I may get cross, but it’s still my story .
Adrian Zupp • Lucia Berlin: Writing Advice and More in This Never-Before Published Interview
the best way to complain is to make things better.