Novelist – A Pondering Mind

Feelings

Jack Kerouac

Finishing up Jack Kerouac’s novel: The Town and The City. Its the second time I have read it, and its an interesting read. The beginning of the book, he mentions the city I was born and raised in, the city I reside in now, and the river which is only two blocks away. When IContinue reading “Jack Kerouac”

Helping Others

“It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.” ~ Honore de Balzac

I read so I can live more than one life in more than one place. ~Anne Tyler

Writing Is A Solitary Business

Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s there, he’s not really there. ~Paul Auster

“I realized either I was crazy or the world was crazy; and I picked on the world. And of course I was right.” ~ Jack Kerouac

All novelists should live in two different worlds: a real one and an unreal one. -John Fowles

I am a cage, in search of a bird. ~ Franz Kafka

Time Is Never Wasted ~ Thomas Pynchon

“Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read.” – Thomas Pynchon (2012). “Against the Day”, p.211, Penguin

Pets – Anne Tyler

A Man Who Lies ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

“A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he ends up losing respect for himself and for others. When he has no respect for anyone, he can no longer love, and, in order to divert himself, having no loveContinue reading “A Man Who Lies ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky”

Perfectionism

“Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self- solitude is the enemy of well- being.” ~ John Updike, March 18, 1932 – January 27, 2009

Books

Stephen King Quote

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Tuesday Evening Quote

American Novelist Born: June 10, 1914 – Died: April 5, 2005 brainyquote.com

Rain Is Grace

John Updike Novelist Born: March 18, 1932 – Died: January 27, 2009

Chinua Achebe Quote

“The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we haveContinue reading “Chinua Achebe Quote”