“I never drink alcohol. I do not like to blunt my senses.’ ‘Goodness,’ I babbled, ‘but how awful for you. Not drinking, I mean. I mean, imagine getting up in the morning knowing that you’re not going to feel any better all day.” FeelsMeanMorningKnowingImagineDrinkGoodnessDrinkingAlcoholSensesAwfulBlunt Book:Don't Point that Thing at Me Source: Don't Point that Thing at Me
“My first job was with the Burns Detective Agency. They sent me over to the East River to guard coal barges during these god-awful hours like three to six in the morning. It wasn't a very difficult job -- all I had to do was make a round every fifteen minutes -- but it turned out to be a great environment for writing. I was completely alone in a little outhouse with an electric heater and a little desk.” WritingFirstsLittlesJobsThreeDifficultHoursMorningEnvironmentMinutesSixRiversRoundsEastAwfulAgencyElectricFifteenDesksCoalDetectivesBarges Author:Sam Shepard
“Sit down at ten o'clock in the morning and write anything that comes into my head until twelve. One of the few things I've discovered about writing is to form a habit that becomes an addiction so that if you don't put something down on paper every day, you get really mean and awful with withdrawal symptoms, and your wife and your dog and your kids are going to kick your ass until you get back to it because they can't bear you in that state of mind.” IfsWritingMindMeanStatesKidsFormMorningWifeDogBearsHabitTenPaperAddictionAssAwfulClockKicksGet BackState Of MindTwelveSymptomsGet RealReally MeanWithdrawal Author:Frank Pierson
“Nor myrtle--which means chiefly love: and love Is something awful which one dare not touch So early o' mornings.” MeanLove IsMorningAnd LoveDareAwfulMyrtle Book:Poems Source: Poems
“The alcohol was awful. I was a terrible alcoholic. I mean, people used to ask how much drugs I did. I said, 'I only do drugs so I can drink more'. I was doing the coke so I could drink more. I mean, I don't know any other reason. I'd start drinking in the morning. I'd drink all day long.” PeopleKnowsMeanLongSaidI CanReasonUsedAsksMorningTerribleDrinkDrugDrinkingAlcoholAwfulAlcoholicsCokeMean People Author:Dennis Hopper
“President Carter famously said the hostages were the first thing he thought about in the morning and the last thing he thought about at night. It was a downright foolish thing to say, because it made the people holding the hostages realize that they had an awful lot of influence over the United States.” PeopleFirstsMadeSaidStatesLastsNightPresidentRealizingUnitedMorningUnited StatesInfluenceFoolishAwfulCarterHostagePresident Carter Author:Ted Koppel