Writing

The mathematical genius Alexander Grothendieck once had a metaphor for solving problems. He suggested that instead of forcing open an impossibly hard kernel with a hammer and chisel, one should simply let it sit in water and wait. Over time, the shell softens and opens with ease. This is also true in writing; time is the only non-substitutable... See more

"The other me Demands emergence constantly." - Ray Bradbury

"Life asks for rewards back because it has favored us with animation." - Ray Bradbury

To Read: Dorothea Brande’s Becoming A Writer

"When did you last read a book of poetry or take time, of an afternoon, for an essay or two?" - Ray Bradbury

"my books tend to be based on situation rather than story. Some of the ideas which have produced those books are more complex than others, but the majority start out with the stark simplicity of a department store window display or a waxwork tableau." - Stephen King

"A well-fed man keeps and calmly gives forth his infinitesimal portion of eternity. It sounds big in the summer night. And it is, as it always was down the ages, when there was a man with something to tell, and ones, quiet and wise, to listen." - Ray Bradbury

"For the first thing a writer should be is—excited. He should be a thing of fevers and enthusiasms." - Ray Bradbury