Minsuk Kang 강민석

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I met many aspiring artists in my early 20s. Observing their trajectories since then, I've learned that long-shot careers in the arts (famous singer, actor, songwriter, filmmaker, etc.) are long shots not because success relies on wild luck or rare genius or insane connections. Success stories pretty reliably happen for people who combine three... See more

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The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you.

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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

I just write what seems to me to feel true. To feel emotionally true. When there’s emotional truth, there follows a rhythm, and I think a beauty of image, because you’re seeing clearly. Because of the simplicity of what you see.

Adrian Zupp • Lucia Berlin: Writing Advice and More in This Never-Before Published Interview

What writers say

How I Came To Believe That Civilization Is Unsustainable

The Honest Sorcerer substack.com

When you break a bone, you don’t blame it on the leg or the arm. It is a problem of the entire body. What if we acted that way in society? Instead of blaming groups for violence or terrorism, we see it as a problem for all of society, something we all have a responsibility to solve.

James Clear • The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Zander and Benjamin Zander

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So You Want to Learn About Economics

Nicholas Decker nicholasdecker.substack.com

I read that Willa Cather read a chapter of the Bible every day. I was really inspired, because I think her prose is so sturdy. I was, like, O.K., I’m going to read the Bible. I would read a chapter, and then I’d do my work. Gradually, I started to read the chapter and I realized that there were things I didn’t understand, and some of it was... See more

Michael Luo • What Min Jin Lee Wants Us to See

Just a moment...

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