Quote wall: E.B. White
On the bulletin board above my desk, I keep a handful of quotes that have taught me something, or that I hope to learn from. Here's one: I must decline, for secret reasons. —E.B. White, in a reply to an invitation to join the Committee of the Arts and
Quote wall: Colum McCann
On the bulletin board above my desk, I keep a handful of quotes that have taught me something, or that I hope to learn from. Here's one: Just keep your arse in the chair. Arse in the chair. Arse in the chair. —Colum McCann, Letters to a Young WriterYou have
Quote wall: David McCullough
On the bulletin board above my desk, I keep a handful of quotes that have taught me something, or that I hope to learn from. Here's one: There’s an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing.
Quote wall: Carl Sagan
On the bulletin board above my desk, I keep a handful of quotes that have taught me something, or that I hope to learn from. Here's one: A book is proof that humans are capable of working magic. —Carl Sagan, Cosmos (Part 11: The Persistence of Memory)I like this
Quote wall: Nina LaCour
On the bulletin board above my desk, I keep a handful of quotes that have taught me something, or that I hope to learn from. Here's one: Some work on most days. —Nina LaCourWhile taking LaCour's writing course, The Slow Novel Lab, she repeated this mantra many times. Some work.
Blowing up mountains
From the window I can see three mountains: Hood, Adams, St. Helens. They're all quite lovely at a distance. I don't know much about them. Mt. St. Helens, of course, erupted in 1980. I was two years old, so of course don't remember it. I relate it, though, to a
Quote wall: Ali Wong
On the bulletin board above my desk, I keep a handful of quotes that have taught me something, or that I hope to learn from. Here's one: I mostly bombed. It's the only way to get good. —Ali Wong, Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your
Small town
A few years back, when Squish was itty-bitty, she and Felicia built a fort together. From the outside, I could hear their conversation. Squish told Felicia about a town she'd recently visited. "What was it called?" Felicia asked her. "Small," Squish answered. "It was a town called Small?" "Yes, that's
Quote wall: Raymond Chandler
On the bulletin board above my desk, I keep a handful of quotes that have taught me something, or that I hope to learn from. Here's one: Two very simple rules, a: you don’t have to write. b: you can’t do anything else. —Raymond Chandler, in a 1949
Quote wall: Note to self
On the bulletin board above my desk, I keep a handful of quotes that have taught me something, or that I hope to learn from. Here's one: No one will care about this work as much as you, therefore you will have to do it yourself. (A reminder not to