“So-called "inspiration" is no more than an extreme example of a process which constantly goes on in the minds of all of us.” WritingMindInspirationProcessExampleGoes OnExtremes Book:Churchill's Black Dog, Kafka's Mice, and Other Phenomena of the Human Mind Source: Churchill's Black Dog, Kafka's Mice, and Other Phenomena of the Human Mind
“"Very" is the most useless word in the English language and can always come out. More than useless, it is treacherous because it invariably weakens what it is intended to strengthen. For example, would you rather hear the mincing shallowness of "I love you very much" or the heart-slamming intensity of "I love you"?” WritingHeartLanguageLove YouExampleUselessIntensityEnglish LanguageTreacherousShallownessI Love You Very Much Author:Florence King
“I do have a little bit more confidence in - or at least familiarity with - my process. For example, when it feels like it's going badly or that I'm lost, I know I'll eventually find my way because I've been through it before. But writing itself is still hard.” KnowsWayFeelsWritingLittlesStillsHardLostBitsProcessExampleLittle BitMy WayFamiliarity Author:Sara Zarr
“One metric catches people. We prefer businesses that drown in cash. An example of a different business is construction equipment. You work hard all year and there is your profit sitting in the yard. We avoid businesses like that. We prefer those that can write us a check at the end of the year.” PeopleWritingYearsDifferentEndsHardExampleHard WorkSittingProfitChecksConstructionCashYardsEquipmentMetrics Author:Charlie Munger
“Carry a notebook and write down examples of good and poor design. After a week, you'll begin to realize that nearly everything is the product of a design decision.” WritingRealizingDecisionPoorWeekExampleDesignProductsNotebook Author:Daniel H. Pink
“Artspeak is an arcane writing style that can result in a vocabulary of obscurities... Today, some of the more spectacular examples are in artist's statements.” WritingTodayArtistResultsStyleExampleStatementsVocabularySpectacularObscurityWriting StyleArcane Author:Robert Genn
“One of the things that sets the Bible apart from all other ancient religious writings is its scientific accuracy. Without exception, every other ancient religious writing contains certain scientific errors. For example, Muhammad taught in the Qur'an that the sun descends down into a muddy spring. The Hindu Vedas state that the Earth is flat and triangular, that earthquakes are caused by elephants shaking themselves under it. You'll never read absurd statements like those in the Bible.” WritingStatesEarthCertainReligiousSunExampleTaughtSpringBibleErrorsAncientStatementsAbsurdExceptionFlatsElephantsShakingMuhammadEarthquakesAccuracyMuddyVedas Author:Charlie Campbell
“Prague is not, strictly speaking, travel writing but it is, among other things, an excellent example of what travel writing is becoming, if indeed it hasn't already done so. . . . People are no longer so easily satisfied by the mere travel impressions of some outsider much like themselves. Instead they gravitate towards writers who actually have lived not simply in, but inside, a location for an extended period, as one lives inside one's clothes.” PeopleIfsWritingDoneExampleBecomingPeriodsClothesMereImpressionSatisfiedExcellentOutsidersLocationTravel WritingPrague Author:George Fetherling
“Women writers should write a lot if they want to write. Take the English women, for example. What amazing workers.” IfsWantShouldWritingExampleWorkers Author:Anton Chekhov