“Actually I've never had formal training, I was lucky enough to continue working most of my career and aside from sitting in on a couple of classes, here and there, I basically just use my own instincts.” EnoughUseMy OwnClassCareersCoupleLuckyTrainingSittingInstinctFormalHere And There Author:Nancy McKeon
“I found 'The Twin' sitting on a coffee table at a writers' colony in 2009. It carried praise from J.M. Coetzee. That seemed ample justification for using it to avoid my own writing. I finished it - weeping - a day later, and I've been puzzling over its powerful hold on me ever since.” WritingFoundMy OwnPowerfulSittingPraiseTablesFinishedCoffeeOver ItJustificationTwinsWeepingColonyPuzzlingCoetzee Author:Amy Waldman
“I was sitting on my own in a restaurant, when I saw a beautiful woman at another table. I sent her a bottle of the most expensive wine on the menu. She sent me a note: "I will not touch a drop of this wine unless you can assure me that you have seven inches in your pants." So I wrote back: "Give me the wine. As gorgeous as you are, I'm not cutting off three inches for anyone.” GivingBeautifulThreeMy OwnSawsCuttingSittingGive MeTablesWineNotesSevenRestaurantsExpensiveBottlesPantsInchesGorgeousBeautiful WomenMenusCutting Off Author:Akhil
“The trouble is that when most people are apathetic ordinary people ... have to go too far, have to ruin their lives and be made an object of scorn just to get the point across. Did they really think I'd rather be camping by a polluted river than sitting in my own flat with my things about me?” PeopleThinkingMadeMy OwnTroubleObjectsOrdinarySittingRiversRuinsFlatsOrdinary PeopleScornCampingApathetic Book:Sexing the Cherry Source: Sexing the Cherry
“I can no more reread my own books than I can watch old home movies or look at snapshots of myself as a child. I wind up sitting on the floor, paralyzed by grief and nostalgia.” LooksChildrenI CanBookHomeMy OwnGriefWatchesWindSittingNostalgiaParalyzedSnapshots Author:Francine Prose
“As an activist, you do find yourself directed more toward public action. But I've always tried to use stories from my own life in my writing for instance. It has always been clear to me that the stories of each other's lives are our best textbooks. Every social justice movement that I know of has come out of people sitting in small groups, telling their life stories, and discovering that other people have shared similar experiences. So, if we've shared many experiences, then it probably has something to do with power or politics, and if we unify and act together, then we can make a change.” PeopleIfsKnowsWritingStoriesUseActionTogetherSocialJusticeMy OwnClearGroupsMovementSittingSocial JusticeInstanceFinding YourselfActivistDiscoveringMaking ChangesMy Own LifeTextbooksLife StorySmall Groups Author:Gloria Steinem
“I'm sitting in the bus station, minding my own business, reading 'Ta-Da!' magazine; a magazine by and for gay magicians, but that's a different story.” DifferentStoriesHumorFunnyReadingMy OwnGaySittingMagazinesStationsBusMagicianOwn BusinessMinding My Own Business Author:Dave Attell