quote wall
Our little blue pixel
Carl Sagan's message about the "pale blue dot" is, I think, the single most beautiful and important piece of writing I've ever encountered. Here's how it begins: Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard
Quote wall: Jane Smiley
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 believe that you either love the work or the rewards. Life is a lot easier if you love the work. —Jane Smiley
Quote wall: Vivian Gornick
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: > Most writers of books have only one story to tell; it is the one wrapped around a piece of emotional wisdom the author
Quote wall: Natalia Ginzburg
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: > When I write something I usually think it is very important and that I am a very fine writer. I think this happens
Quote wall: Austin Kleon
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: > What did you really want to say? —Austin Kleon [https://austinkleon.com/2020/03/03/what-did-you-really-want-to-say/] I never, never, never have an answer
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: > Open elegantly. Open fiercely. Open delicately. Open with surprise. Open with everything at stake. This, of course, is a bit like being told
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: > The best time to share your work is when you can't figure out how to make it better anymore. —Brian Koppelman This one
Quote wall: Austin Kleon
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: > The act of drawing is more important than the drawing. —Paraphrased from Austin Kleon's interview on the Hurry Slowly [https://hurryslowly.co/005-austin-kleon/
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: > Play to the top of your own intelligence. (No dumbing down.) I can't attribute this one to Nina LaCour, exactly. It's a note
Quote wall: Raymond Carver
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: > It is his world and no other. —Raymond Carver, in the New York Times [https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/01/