“Writing is so hard.... The first draft writing is so hard that sometimes in the beginning, before the work itself takes over, carrying you on its flood, you must give yourself rewards. "When I write this chapter, I can call my boyfriend." "When I finish one page more, I can get an ice cream cone." "If I write this section, I'll find a check in the mail."” IfsGivingWritingFirstsI CanSometimesHardPagesRewardsChecksIceMailChaptersFloodCreamSectionsIce CreamMy BoyfriendConesIce Cream Cones Author:Sophy Burnham
“Everybody is a writer. Everybody uses e-mail and has Facebook pages and tweets.” UsePagesMailTweetFacebook Page Author:Mary Norris
“There were always plenty of newspapers in the house. The Times, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail were all regular fixtures on the coffee table. I used to enjoy reading The Times editorial pages and the Daily Mail sports pages.” UsedReadingHouseSportsEnjoyPagesTablesCoffeeNewspapersPlentyMailGuardianEditorialsTelegraphFixtureDaily Mail Author:Lionel Barber
“I'd tax the Daily Mail [if I were a Prime Minister] so high no one could afford to buy it. I hate that paper, I think it's really vicious. I picked one up the other day and every single page is about hate. It's just so negative.” IfsThinkingHateTaxesPaperPagesNegativeI HateMinistersPrimeMailPrime MinisterViciousDaily Mail Author:Jason Flemyng
“In order to know somebody through their words, I mean, it has to be an, it has to be a letter, you know? It has to be a long e-mail. It has to be a five-page hand-written letter, you know, it has to be overwhelming and messy and sloppy as humans are.” KnowsHumansMeanLongHandsOrderFiveWrittenPagesLettersOverwhelmingMailMessySloppy Author:Sherman Alexie
“It's more important to me to get an e-mail that says, 'I saw your page and it changed my life,' than how many hits the page got.” ImportantSawsChangedPagesMailChanged My Life Author:Howard Rheingold
“[T]he ways in which the information we give off about our selves, in photos and e-mails and MySpace pages and all the rest of it, has dramatically increased our social visibility and made it easier for us to find each other but also to be scrutinized in public.” WayGivingMadeSelfSocialInformationEasierPagesMade ItMailVisibility Author:Clay Shirky