“In a social environment that is ever crowded and impersonal, it is becoming increasingly important to reconsider the value of close personal relationships before we are driven to ask the forlorn question, 'Whatever happened to love?'” ImportantValuesAsksSocialEnvironmentHappenedBecomingDrivenCrowdedPersonal RelationshipsForlornSocial Environment Author:Desmond Morris
“It isn't enough to have had an interesting or hilarious or tragic life. Art isn't anecdote. It's the consciousness we bring to bear on our lives. For what happened in the story to transcend the limits of the personal, it must be driven by the engine of what the story means.” MeanArtEnoughStoriesInterestingConsciousnessOur LivesHappenedBearsLimitsArt IsDrivenTragicEnginesAnecdotesTragic Life Book:Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There Source: Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Someone Who’s Been There
“With non-fiction writing I feel like I'm confined and driven by what actually happened. That makes the "plot". So it's a process of getting all of my notes typed up, then scanning through the notes, trying to extract or find certain vignettes that seem like they might write well - that might have a potential for good energy, shape, etc. And then at some point I start stringing these together, keeping an eye on the word count.” FeelsWritingTryingWellsSeemsMightEyeTogetherCertainEnergyProcessFictionHappenedShapesNotesDrivenEtcPlotConfinedNon FictionFiction WritingGood EnergyScanningVignettes Author:George Saunders
“You dream that you want to be a monster maker when you grow up, and that's what happened. I refused to take no for an answer. I just was a very driven kid, who's now a very driven semi-adult.” WantDreamKidsGrowsAnswersGrowing UpHappenedAdultsDrivenMonstersMakers Author:Howard Berger
“In DC, policymakers think that if we can only have high enough standards, tough enough tests, and hold people accountable, we can close the achievement gap. And it hasn't happened. Yet the new law, the Every Student Succeeds Act, is based on the same test-based and market-driven framework and ideology, except it lets the states do it.” PeopleIfsThinkingStatesEnoughLawHappenedStudentsSucceedAchievementStandardsToughTestsDrivenIdeologyGapsOld PeopleFrameworkAchievement Gap Author:Diane Ravitch
“We've seen what happened in Libya, what a disaster that's been driven by Hillary Clinton, and the disaster in Syria and almost disaster in Egypt. What a close call that's been. We're not out of the woods yet with Egypt.” HappenedClintonWoodsDrivenDisasterSyriaEgyptLibyaClose Calls Author:Jeff Sessions