On writing
It makes me think of the quote by Vladimir Horowitz: "If I skip practice for one day, I notice. If I skip practice for two days, my wife notices. If I skip practice for three days, the world notices."
One of the few things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now.
Dillard, Annie • The Writing Life
The poet proves that language is inadequate by throwing herself at the fence of language and being bound by it.
George Saunders • A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind's door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.
Joan Didion • On Keeping a Notebook
As Paul Graham observes:
People show much more originality in solving problems than in deciding which problems to solve. Even the smartest can be surprisingly conservative when deciding what to work on. People who’d never dream of being fashionable in any other way get sucked into working on fashionable problems.
Henrik Karlsson • Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born Cultivating a state of mind where new ideas are born
I often see memes about how "everybody has a podcast now." The underlying message seems to be that having a podcast is overdone, or perhaps something only people with big egos pursue. But I believe in small p podcasting.1
I think podcasting, like blogging, will become increasingly mainstream. It will be completely normal to have a podcast intended... See more
I think podcasting, like blogging, will become increasingly mainstream. It will be completely normal to have a podcast intended... See more
Small P Podcasting
Very valid point
As an essay writer, your job extends beyond writing great sentences ( voice ) and putting them in the right order ( form ); you are also a cartographer of ideas : you sketch maps of your culture and put your story in context.
