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“If you spend enough time reading or writing, you find a voice, but you also find certain tastes. You find certain writers who when they write, it makes your own brain voice like a tuning fork, and you just resonate with them. And when that happens, reading those writers … becomes a source of unbelievable Continue reading
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The Mainstream Media
“I was on television a couple of years ago and the reporter asked me, “How does it feel being on mainstream media? It’s not often poets get on mainstream media.” I said, “Well I think you’re the dominant media, the dominant culture, but you’re not the mainstream media. The mainstream media is still the high Continue reading
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Tell The Truth
“The writer’s first job is not to have opinions but to tell the truth… and refuse to be an accomplice of lies and misinformation. Literature is the house of nuance and contrariness against the voices of simplification.” ~ Susan Sontag Continue reading
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International Community Of Readers
“More and more the writer is aware of an international community of readers for whom dense language use and frequent local references are a hindrance. This seems obvious. I don’t decry it or criticize it – it’s just a fact.” ~ Tim Parks, Novelist Continue reading
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Six Words
shitty weather day in the neighborhood. Continue reading
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Journalist
Born: April 28, 1874 – Died: June 12, 1936 Austrian writer Continue reading
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Robert De Niro On Writers
Born: August 17, 1943 AZQuotes.com Continue reading
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Short Fiction
Spotted Jack Kerouac and a few of his beat friends, discussing how life could be beautiful. Thought I would and give a listen to their back and forth ideas, and believe me, it was all good. It seems the flow of their words was all encompassing, never shouting, smiles all around. When they are done, Continue reading
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Victor Hugo Quote
Makes a lot of sense from a great writer. Quote source:http://wordables.com Continue reading
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Paul Theroux On Writing
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Paul Theroux Quote
Born: April 10, 1941 Continue reading
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Writers Quote – Ernest Hemingway
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer’s radar and all great writers have had it. -Ernest Hemingway en.proverbia.net Continue reading
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Most people are other people… – Oscar Wilde
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. -Oscar Wilde, De Profundis, 1905 Continue reading
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The Writer At Work…
Seen on: StewPig Continue reading
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