“You have one of two choices. Either you can panic and start making frantic attempts to reform under the glare of these awful critical eyes, or you can just say, "The hell with you! I know what I'm doing. If you don't yet, it's because you haven't given me an attentive reading.” IfsKnowsTwoEyeChoicesReadingGivenHellHavensCriticismCriticalAwfulReformPanicFranticGlareTwo Choices Author:Saul Bellow
“I haven't written an awful lot recently, but I think I probably will start again very shortly. Being so much on the road, when you have a couple of weeks off, you're likely to avoid sitting at the piano, and taping, and giving yourself more work to do.” ThinkingGivingWrittenWeekHavensCoupleSittingAwfulPianoGiving Yourself Author:George Shearing
“There's something about [pain] that excites me. If I'm feeling really awful about something, it's because I haven't experienced it before. There's something I need to learn from it.” IfsNeedsFeelingsPainHavensAwful Author:Rachael Yamagata
“Honestly, I haven't the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true.” KnowsHavensHonestlyContemporaryAwful Author:William Golding