“As Hemingway wrote to Fitzgerald, describing the act of letter-writing: “Such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you’ve done something” WritingLettersProductivityFitzgeraldHemingwayngway Book:At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays Source: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays
“If my father were still writing essays, every full-grown 'girl' would probably be transformed into a'woman'.” IfsWritingStillsGirlFatherTransformedEssaysWriting Essays Author:Anne Fadiman
“Muses are fickle, and many a writer, peering into the voice, has escaped paralysis by ascribing the creative responsibility to a talisman: a lucky charm, a brand of paper, but most often a writing instrument. Am I writing well? Thank my pen. Am I writing badly? Don't blame me blame my pen. By such displacements does the fearful imagination defend itself.” WritingWellsDoeVoiceImaginationResponsibilityCreativeLuckyPaperBlameInstrumentsBrandsCharmPensFearfulMuseFickleParalysisDisplacementBlame MeWriting WellTalismansLucky CharmsDon't Blame Me Author:Anne Fadiman
“If you truly love a book, you should sleep with it, write in it, read aloud from it, and fill its pages with muffin crumbs.” IfsShouldWritingBookSleepPagesCrumbsMuffins Author:Anne Fadiman
“When I write after dark", observed Cyril Connolly, "the shades of evening scatter their purple through my prose” WritingDarkEveningProseShadePurple Book:At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays Source: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays
“Something amazing happens when the rest of the world is sleeping. I am glued to my chair. I forget that I ever wanted to do anything but write. The crowded city, the crowded apartment, and the crowded calendar suddenly seem spacious. Three or four hours pass in a moment; I have no idea what time it is, because I never check the clock. If I chose to listen, I could hear the swish of taxis bound for downtown bars or the soft saxophone riffs that drift from a neighbor's window, but nothing gets through. I am suspended in a sensory deprivation tank, and the very lack of sensation is delicious.” IfsWorldWritingIdeasMomentsSeemsHappensWantedThreeHoursSleepForgetCitiesFourWindowBoundsNeighborBarsChecksNo IdeaClockChairsSensationsApartmentDeliciousTanksCrowdedTaxiCalendarsSensoryDeprivationSuspendedDowntownSaxophoneSensory DeprivationCrowded Cities Book:At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays Source: At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays
