“I turned 54 this year and I find myself feeling like I'm in a bit of a race to get down on paper the way I really feel about life - or the way it has presented to me. And because it has presented to me very beautifully, this is hard. It is technically very hard to show positive manifestations.” WayFeelsYearsHardShowsFeelingsBitsRacePaperManifestationVery Beautiful Author:George Saunders
“I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.” ShouldHeartHardCompassionKindnessPaperConscienceMotherhoodHardshipMummyHard Words Book:The diary of a young girl Source: The diary of a young girl
“At the office where the paper grows, she takes a break, drinks another coffee, and she finds it hard to stay awake. It's just another day.” HardGrowsWorkBreakDrinkOfficePaperCoffeeAwakeAnother Day Book:Guitar Chord Songbook Source: Guitar Chord Songbook
“I think probably the thing I'm worst at is the most ephemeral stuff, like blogs. I find it really hard to write. And I'm often been asked to write columns for papers in Peru. And I can't. I would die. There's no way I could write a column.” ThinkingWayWritingI CanHardDiesStuffWorstPaperPapersBlogsColumnsEphemeralPeru Author:Daniel Alarcon
“Part of the role of photography is to exaggerate. Most of the photographs in your paper, unless they are hard news, are lies. Fashion pictures show people looking glamorous. Travel pictures show a place looking at its best, nothing to do with the reality... Most of the pictures we consume are propaganda.” PeopleHardShowsRealityLyingRolesFashionPaperPhotographyNewsPhotographDeceptionPropagandaGlamorous Author:Martin Parr