“The more deeply I search for the roots of the global environmental crisis, the more I am convinced that it is an outer manifestation of an inner crisis that is, for lack of a better word, spiritual... what other word describes the collection of values and assumptions that determine our basic understanding of how we fit into the universe?” SpiritualValuesUniverseUnderstandingFitRootsCrisisEnvironmentalDetermineConvincedManifestationAssumptionCollectionsEnvironmental Crisis Book:Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose Source: Earth in the Balance: Forging a New Common Purpose
“Any time I put together a story collection, I don't know what it's going to look like overall - or even what the title story is going to be. Over time, I end up with a dozen or so stories, and I start to see a shape to them, how they fit together, and then I write stories that complement or extend that shape.” KnowsWritingLooksEndsStoriesTogetherFitShapesTitlesCollectionsDozenComplement Author:Brian Evenson
“I love YA, and it's been a really good fit for me. But at some point, I would like to try something else: a collection of short stories, or writing about something other than high school. A lot has happened to me since I was eighteen.” WritingTryingStoriesSchoolHappenedFitHigh SchoolCollectionsShort StoryEighteen Author:Sarah Dessen
“The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century - it was actually mummified, skin and all - but in a fit of space-saving zeal, they actually cut off the head and they cut off the feet and they burned the rest in a bonfire.” FactsSpaceCuttingFeetCenturyFitSkinsBritishSavingCollectionsMuseumsBurnedZeal18th CenturyBonfireBritish Museum Author:Adam Savage
“What really matters is not how well a character fits a definition, but how strongly he or she resonates. Characters with strong, resonant ideas at their core will have more of an impact on the cultural consciousness than a character who's just an empty collection of attributes.” WellsIdeasMatterCharacterStrongConsciousnessFitEmptyImpactDefinitionsCoreCollectionsAttributes Author:Kurt Busiek
“Every time I put a collection together I'd scrap it because there was no "meaning," until I wrote about the two black men - friends - in the beginning of the book. So much of their experience was ABOUT trying to find friends in the authors/artists I wrote about - subjects that were/are a source of comfort, somehow, since none of them "fit," either” MenTryingTwoBookTogetherArtistBlackSubjectsSourceFitComfortCollectionsScrap Author:Hilton Als
“I don't want the collections to look like a potpourri. It has to have a cohesive idea, and it has to be glamorous and beautiful and fit well.” WantWellsLooksIdeasBeautifulFitCollectionsGlamorousPotpourri Author:Carolina Herrera