“When I hit a block, regardless of what I am writing, what the subject matter is, or what's going on in the plot, I go back and I read Pablo Neruda's poetry. I don't actually speak Spanish, so I read it translation. But I always go back to Neruda. I don't know why, but it calms me, calms my brain.” KnowsWritingMatterSpeakBrainSubjectsCalmBlockPlotTranslationsSubject Matter Author:Tea Obreht
“I'm not easily inhibited by the fact that I don't know something about a subject. It doesn't stop me from dabbling in it.” KnowsFactsSubjectsDabbling Author:Joshua Lederberg
“Those who have heard or read anything from me on the subject, know that one of the principal points insisted on is, the forming of societies or any other artificial combinations IS the first, greatest, and most fatal mistake ever committed by legislators and by reformers.” KnowsFirstsMistakeHeardSubjectsCommittedCombinationArtificialPrincipalLegislatorsReformersFatal Mistakes Author:Josiah Warren
“Whomever you're going to interview, you have to be interested in what it is you want to know from them. You have to be interested in the subject.” KnowsWantLiteratureSubjectsInterviews Author:Kurt Loder