writing (general)
When I watch a Miyazaki film I canāt help but think about his attunement to the world, the presence it requires to transmute the real world into a fantastical one. Thatās the interesting contradiction of writers and artists, I suppose: alienation is a necessity, but so is participation. The point of getting better is to be more in the world.
The poet proves that language is inadequate by throwing herself at the fence of language and being bound by it.
George Saunders ā¢ A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
I donāt really care much for hearing āboth sidesā or āopposing points of view,ā so much as I care about understanding the literary tools deployed to advance those viewsāthe discipline of voice, the use of verbs, the length and brevity of sentences, and the curiosity of mind behind those sentences.
Ta-Nehisi Coates ā¢ The Message
The cradle of material change is in our imagination and ideas.
Ta-Nehisi Coates ā¢ The Message
When I think of my earliest days as a writer, what I recall is a kind of longingāI felt everything I wished to say, even if I didnāt exactly know it. There was so much I did not understand, and what I did understand I could never say with all the layers and color that would truly convey that understanding to my reader.
Ta-Nehisi Coates ā¢ The Message
I know there are writers who can imagine a world from nothing. But Iām not one of them. The sense of beauty I was seeking had to emerge from knowledge.