quote wall
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.
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
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
Quote wall: Brian Koppelman
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: Never let them tell you you're dead. You're not. You're alive. And you have way more control than you think. Go do the
Quote wall: Questlove
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: You have to throw some things away so that there is some value implied by the act of keeping others. —Questlove, Creative QuestInstructive