“The biggest takeaway for anyone seeking to write is this: don't go looking for the way other authors do their work. You won't find many who are consistent enough to copy, and there are enough variations in approach that it's obvious that it's not like hitting home runs or swinging a golf club. There isn't a standard approach, there's only what works for you (and what doesn't).” WayWritingEnoughHomeRunningApproachStandardsGolfObviousSeekingClubsConsistentCopiesHittingVariationHome RunGolf ClubsHitting Home RunsTakeaways Author:Seth Godin
“For the Indian,dance is a personal form of prayer. When the Eagle Dancer puts on his costume,when he begins to dance to the music,he doesn't simply perform it; he actually becomes the eagle itself. The dancer is virtually inseparable from the dance.” FormPrayerIndianDancerCostumesEaglesInseparable Author:Jamake Highwater
“There is only one standard - a global standard. Be consistent, operate at 100% every single time you're given an opportunity.” OpportunityGivenStandardsConsistent Author:Komla Dumor
“Anyone who wants to know the human psyche will learn next to nothing from experimental psychology. He would be better advised to abandon exact science, put away his scholar's gown, bid farewell to his study, and wander with human heart through the world.” KnowsWorldWantHumansHeartWould BeNextStudyPsychologyWanderAbandonScholarHuman HeartFarewellGownsHuman PsycheExact SciencesExperimental Psychology Author:Carl Jung
“I spent my entire youth writing slowly with revisions and endless rehashing speculation and deleting and got so I was writing one sentence a day and the sentence had no FEELING. Goddamn it, FEELING is what I like in art, not CRAFTINESS and the hiding of feelings.” WritingArtFeelingsYouthSentencesEndlessHidingSpeculationRevisionOne SentenceCraftinessDeleting Author:Jack Kerouac
“To care only about your pain and suffering, and disregard the emotional toll of others is hypocritically sub-human.” HumansCarePainSufferingEmotionalDisregardTollsPain And Suffering Author:Willie D
“The modern writer who has influenced me most is W. Somerset Maugham .” ModernFrills Author:George Orwell
“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.” JusticeDeniedDiminishJustice Denied Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself.” PeopleThinkingThink Of Me Author:Beth Ditto
“November Rain is a song about not wanting to be in a state of having to deal with unrequited love.” StatesSongDealsRainUnrequited LoveNovemberUnrequited Author:Axl Rose