February 2013
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“Boys like young George Willard and Seth Richmond will remember the incident...”
– Winesburg, Ohio- Sherwood Anderson
January 2013
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You will never feel satisfied chasing dreams that aren’t your own.
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“Mother’s body was still upstairs waiting for the coroner, and I could feel...”
– The Paris Wife
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“So when the system just upped one summer and decided to close Kroll’s...”
– Rabbit at Rest- John Updike
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“The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.”
– Herman Woulk
December 2012
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“About being mortal—I suppose it affects different people different ways,...”
– Rabbit at Rest- Updike
50 best literary insults
http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/50-best-literary-insults
“If we wait until we’re ready, we’ll be waiting for the rest of our lives.”
– Lemony Snicket (via hellanne)
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““I don’t know about Sanders,” Bernie says, “but a lot of...”
– Rabbit at Rest-John Updike
November 2012
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“Substitute “damn” every time you’re inclined to write “very;” your editor will...”
– Mark Twain
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“She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand.”
– Saul Bellow
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Lionel was there, a great white shape, leaning on the open door with his brow pressed to his raised wrist, panting huskily, and giving off a faint grey steam in his purple singlet (the lift was misbehaving, and the flat was on the thirty-third floor— but then again Lionel could give off steam while dozing in bed on a quiet afternoon).
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Lionel Asbo: State of England
I’m currently reading Martin Amis’,Lionel Asbo: State of England. The storytelling is amazing. I found this interview with Amis on the art of fiction writing. It’s worth reading.
http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1156/the-art-of-fiction-no-151-martin-amis
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“Twenty days of schooling and they put you on the day shift.”
– Bob Dylan
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“…he now fell silent himself, but standing in front of everybody, ragged...”
– On the Road- Jack Kerouac
October 2012
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“Guitars tinkled. Terry and I gazed at the stars together and kissed. ...”
– On the Road-Jack Kerouac
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“The greatest ride in my life was about to come up, a truck with a flatboard at...”
– Jack Kerouac- On the Road
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“In the bar I told Dean, “Hell, man, I know very well you didn’t come to me only...”
– Jack Kerouac - On the Road
September 2012
14 posts
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“Either way you look at it, coming to the realization that life is short is...”
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“Once Pandora’s box opens, you can’t regulate who gets to use the...”
– Ken Kesey
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“Dear Keith,
The world, assailed by crisis, is not fighting over The Noble...”
– Saul Bellow (from Saul Bellow Letters)
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“Other books intervened. Once or twice I was on the point of burning the...”
– Nabokov (on the manuscript for Lolita)
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“The road now stretched across open country, and it occurred to me—not by...”
– Lolita-Nabokov
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“At this solitary stop for refreshments between Coalmont and Ramsdale (between...”
– Lolita- Nabokov
“Go all the way. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean...”
– Roll the Dice by Charles Bukowski (via imtheunicorn)
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“By the time I reached Beardsley, in the course of the harrowing recapitulation I...”
– Lolita- Nabokov
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“I suppose I am especially susceptible to the magic of games. In my chess...”
– Lolita -Nabokov
How Not To Write A Book →
“I read the way a person might swim, to save his or her life. I wrote that way...”
– Mary Oliver, Wild Geese (via pavorst)
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“You are not nine but almost thirteen, and I would not advise you to consider...”
– Lolita- Nabokov
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“All I know is that while the Haze woman and I went down the steps into the...”
– Lolita
August 2012
18 posts
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“At first, I planned to take a degree in psychiatry as many manqué talents do;...”
– Lolita- Vladimir Nabokov
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“We’re only as free as the number of other options we have. Freedom: a...”
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“Mostly he seemed not to find her body actually stimulating but a kind of problem...”
– Star of the Sea- Joseph O’Connor
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“Last week, at the age of thirty-seven, I had an abominable break down. As far...”
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“The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. ...”
– A Farewell to Arms-Ernest Hemingway
An Important Question Answered
neil-gaiman:
I want to be an author when I grow up. Am I insane?
powertothepencil
Yes. Growing up is highly overrated.
Just be an author.
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Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. It’s the hand behind the tool that does the damage. Give a man a hammer and he can choose to fix the shutters or he can choose to bash your head in. All the gun wielding vigilantes, and we still refuse to see the real problem; they’re lacking in tools. Why don’t we give those same people the tools to navigate the legal system: the...
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“He said they were cooked already. I’d soon see they were cooked. Then the...”
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Sometimes I judge my year by the number of dollars I’ve made, society’s measure of adequacy, and feel inadequate. Then I remember all the books I’ve conquered and feel superior. Measure your worth by your own standards and you can not fail.
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“This world would be much more prosperous if we allowed ambition to run wild the...”
