“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 …
Tag Archives: Writers
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
Writing
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
Our Stories
“Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright’s pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace.” ~ Maya Angelou
Six Word Saturday
spring is taking a momentary vacation
Six Words
shitty weather day in the neighborhood.
All novelists should live in two different worlds: a real one and an unreal one. -John Fowles
“Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.” ~ T. S. Eliot
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965)
Journalist
Born: April 28, 1874 – Died: June 12, 1936 Austrian writer
Robert De Niro On Writers
Born: August 17, 1943 AZQuotes.com
Don Roff On Writer’s Block
Wordables
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, …
Victor Hugo Quote
Makes a lot of sense from a great writer. Quote source:http://wordables.com
Paul Theroux On Writing
Paul Theroux Quote
Born: April 10, 1941
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
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
The Writer At Work…
Seen on: StewPig
A Pondering Mind 
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