“As for inspiration, I find stark fear of missing the deadline very inspiring.” Quote by Elizabeth Hoyt
“It's rather mystifying when you think about writing songs - where they come from, and how they're born.” ThinkingWritingSongBornWriting Songs Author:Tom Waits
“I like writing melody without an instrument. It's just so - it's more like the choreography of a bee; you just go.” WritingInstrumentsMelodyBeesChoreography Author:Tom Waits
“Any woman who wishes to be an intellectual, to write non-fiction, to deal with theory, faces a lot of discrimination coming her way and perhaps even self-doubt because there aren't that many who've gone before you. And I think that the most powerful tool we can have is to be clear about our intent. To know what it is we want to do rather than going into institutions thinking that the institution is going to frame for us.” ThinkingKnowsWayWantWritingSelfFacesWishDealsPowerfulFictionGoneClearDoubtTheoryIntellectualToolsInstitutionsDiscriminationMost PowerfulNon FictionSelf-doubt Author:Bell Hooks
“My focus has always been on the work - that work being critical thinking and writing. I am always doing that. That's where I am, wherever I am. Critical thinking and writing as my heartbeat.” ThinkingWritingFocusCriticalHeartbeatCritical Thinking Author:Bell Hooks
“One of the things I find most exciting is talking with people who are working with my work. Who are using it in some way with their life to address everyday politics of meaning.” PeopleWayTalkingExcitingEverydayAddresses Author:Bell Hooks
“It's really important to have life strategies and part of that is sort of knowing where you want to go so you can have a map that helps you to get there. And the traditional way tells us oh we get into school and someone else advises us, helps us, but that often does not work for African Americans female and male. Because what works for the dominant culture often does not work for us.” WayWantDoeImportantHelpingSchoolCultureKnowingFemaleStrategyMalesTraditionalAfrican AmericanMapsDominantAdviseDominant CultureFemales And Males Author:Bell Hooks
“Feminism as a theoretical enterprise is approached differently by Black women depending on where we are. There are more reformist Black women who tend to use the phrase "Black feminism".” UseBlackFeminismPhrasesEnterpriseBlack WomenTheoretical Author:Bell Hooks
“Radical militant feminist believes that women of color and Black women in particular have written the cutting edge theory and really were the individuals who exploded feminist theory into the directions that has made it more powerful. So I see us as the leaders not just of Black people and Black women in terms of feminism but in terms of the movement as a whole.” PeopleBelieveMadeWholeIndividualBlackTermPowerfulLeaderCuttingWrittenFeminismMovementParticularColorTheoryEdgesFeministMade ItRadicalBlack PeopleBlack WomenMilitantCutting EdgeFeminist Theory Author:Bell Hooks
“What we do is more important than what we say or what we say we believe.” BelieveImportant Author:Bell Hooks
“I like walking in the pool. That isn't what makes me feel spiritual. But alive.” FeelsSpiritualAliveWalkingPool Author:Ram Dass