Tag Archives: Novelist
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 I …
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 love …
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 have …
Fail
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Poetry
Don’t use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry. Source of quote
Justice
Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved those few with enough money and influence to afford it. Quotes Wave
Impossible
Source and note: Under Fire (1916)
Knowledge
Expect to feel pleasure. Knowledge is sexy. Expect to feel pain. Knowledge is torture. Source
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I would rather write for the instruction or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich. Quotes Wave
Books
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The road to truth …..
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Impossible/Possible
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A Pondering Mind 
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