“Richard exhaled. It was like somebody sprinkling pepper on his wound: Thousands of Biafrans were dead, and this man wanted to know if there was anything new about one dead white man. Richard would write about this, the rule of Western journalism: One hundred dead black people equal to one dead white person.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenWritingPersonsWantedBlackWhiteEqualRacismHundredWesternWoundsJournalismBlack PeopleWhite ManPeppers Author:Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“Two hundred Romans, and no one’s got a pen? Never mind!" He slung his M16 onto his back and pulled out a hand grenade. There were many screaming Romans. Then the hand grenade morphed into a ballpoint pen, and Mars began to write. Frank looked at Percy with wide eyes. He mouthed: Can your sword do grenade form? Percy mouthed back, No. Shut up.” WritingMindTwoHandsEyeFormHundredWidePensFrankShut UpMarsGrenadeFrank ZhangSon Of NeptuneBallpoint PensWide Eyes Author:Rick Riordan
“We have to accept ourselves in order to write. Now none of us does that fully: few of us do it even halfway. Don’t wait for one hundred percent acceptance of yourself before you write, or even eight percent acceptance. Just write. The process of writing is an activity that teaches us about acceptance.” WritingDoeOrderWaitingProcessAcceptingTeachAcceptanceActivityPercentHundredEightHalfway Book:Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life Source: Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life
“In this poor body, composed of one hundred bones and nine openings, is something called spirit, a flimsy curtain swept this way and that by the slightest breeze. It is spirit, such as it is, which led me to poetry, at first little more than a pastime, then the full business of my life. There have been times when my spirit, so dejected, almost gave up the quest, other times when it was proud, triumphant. So it has been from the very start, never finding peace with itself, always doubting the worth of what it makes.” WayWritingFirstsLittlesHas BeensBodySpiritPoetryPoorDoubtProudFindingsHundredBonesNineOpeningQuestsBreezeCurtainsGave UpFinding PeaceTriumphantPastimeDejected Author:Matsuo Basho