“But the real life of a writer resides in showing up at the keyboard every day, with the necessary patience and mercy, and making the best decisions you can on behalf of your people. It’s a slow process. It often feels hopeless, more like an affliction than an art form. Most of us will have to find our readers one by one, in other words, and against considerable resistance. If anything qualifies us as heroic, it’s that private perpetual struggle. Put down the magazine, soldier. Forget about the other guy. Remember who you are.” PeopleIfsFeelsWritingArtRealRememberFormGuyProcessDecisionForgetStruggleReaderMercyWho You AreSoldierReal LifeResistanceMagazinesHopelessHeroicPerpetualAfflictionBehalfOther GuysKeyboardsShowing UpRemember Who You Are Author:Steve Almond
“Just imagine what would happen if Obama grew a pair and in his last year in office just said, "Forget it. Football is just too violent and too damaging to the economically vulnerable communities in this country. And it normalizes violence and fosters intolerance, etc." I mean: that would be awesome.” IfsYearsMeanSaidCountryHappensWould BeLastsCommunityForgetImagineViolenceFootballGrewOfficeViolentVulnerableEtcPairsIntoleranceLast YearForget It Author:Steve Almond
“If you want to fight a cult, you've got to form a cult.” IfsWantFormFightingCult Author:Steve Almond
“It is certainly true that cooking is therapeutic, creative and all those other faintly creepy self-helpish words. I would love to tell you that learning to cook was part of my journey toward actualization. I would love to tell Oprah this. I would love to tell Oprah this while weeping. But I learned to cook for a much simpler reason: in the abject hope that people would spend time with me if I put good things in their mouth. It is, in other words (like practically everything else I do), a function of my desperation for emotional connection and acclaim.” PeopleIfsSelfReasonCreativeJourneyEmotionalMouthsConnectionsFunctionCookingGood ThingsCooksDesperationEnd TimesSpend TimeWeepingCreepyTherapeuticMy JourneyEmotional ConnectionActualizationAcclaim Author:Steve Almond
