July 2011
28 posts
“Cut out all those exclamation marks. An exclamation mark is like laughing at...”
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
“I have avoided writing about political figures, for so much about them is of...”
– Gay Talese | Origins of a Nonfiction Writer
“For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a...”
– Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life (via bookoasis)
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?
A Day in the Life of a Failed Writer
thetangential:
8:15 A.M. -Wake up on the couch partially undressed but still wearing shoes -Look around, think about death -Clean up the various food stuffs that surround my body -Put Sriracha sauce back in the fridge -Hide evidence of my drinking -Plug in and turn on computer that died while watching an NBC rerun I’ve already seen three times -Undress completely, stand up, go to the...
