“When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one to disturb you and it is cool or cold and you come to your work and warm as you write.” WritingFirstsBookStoriesLightWorkMorningColdWarmEvery MorningDaily Work Author:Ernest Hemingway
“This is not pessimism but rather casting a cold eye on things. It is only one man's story, and I think that things will go better, but difficulties exist and nothing is served by hiding them under a poetic veil or under a lyricism of the past. I am against slogans.” ThinkingMenStoriesEyePastColdDifficultyPoeticOne ManPessimismHidingVeilsCastingSlogansCold Eyes Book:Conversations with Chinua Achebe Source: Conversations with Chinua Achebe
“Without the story - in which everyone living, unborn and dead, participates - men are no more than bits of paper blown on the cold wind.” MenStoriesBitsWindColdPaperUnbornCold Wind Author:George Mackay Brown