“Sometimes I say that writing a novel is the same as constructing a chair: a person must be able to sit in it, to be balanced on it. If I can produce a great chair, even better. But above all I have to make sure that it has four stable feet.” IfsWritingPersonsI CanSometimesAbleNovelFourFeetProduceChairsStableBalanced Author:Jose Saramago
“When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. However beautiful it looked, it needed four legs of the same length, it had to be the right height and it had to be comfortable.” WritingChildrenLiteratureFictionFourNeededComfortableLegsGenreHeightChairsLength Author:Mark Haddon
“I was so uncomfortable at a party recently when the conversation droned on about women who are constantly getting married. I was on the edge of my chair, close to squirming in embarrassment because I myself was guilty of four husbands. I finally leaned forward and squeaked, 'But one died!” PartyFourHusbandConversationMarriedDiedEdgesGuiltyUncomfortableChairsEmbarrassmentGetting Married Author:Bette Davis
“I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be in my own world without ay interruption. And now it's like your brain is getting so trained to check your phone, and there is like a dopamine release every time you get a text whether it's a good or a bad one. I'm really worried about what it's doing to our minds.” WorldWayMindAbleUsedHoursMy OwnBrainFourLike YouPhonesFocusedChecksUsed To BeReleaseWorriedChairsInterruptionsDopamineMy Own World Author:Brit Marling