“When woman has a newspaper which fear and favor cannot touch, then it will be that she can freely write her own thoughts.” WritingFavorsNewspapers Author:Susan B. Anthony
“In general, inquiry ceases when we adopt a theory. After that, we overlook whatever makes against it, and see and think, and talk and write, only in its favor. Indeed, when we have a snug, comfortable theory, to which we are much attached, they appear to us as a very mean set of facts that will not square with it.” ThinkingWritingMeanFactsTheoryComfortableFavorsCeaseSquaresInquiryVery Mean Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
“I've been trying to write for as long as I can remember. But those first fifteen years didn't produce much of great interest. I mean, it embarrasses me very much to look back on my early poems--very few lines of any merit at all and lots of affectation. But there were quite a lot of them. That's a point in one's favor.” WritingTryingYearsFirstsLooksMeanLongI CanRememberInterestLinesProduceFavorsMeritFifteenFifteen Years Author:Kingsley Amis