“I come to writing from hearing great stories as a child in Louisiana, where the mark of a person was his or her ability to be a raconteur. I also come to writing as a professional actress whose body has been trained to listen and smell and inhabit characters without judgment.” WritingChildrenPersonsHas BeensCharacterStoriesBodyAbilityJudgmentMarkHearingSmellActressesLouisiana Author:Rebecca Wells
“Having had the good fortune to serve beside her on both courts, I can attest that her opinions are always thoroughly considered, always carefully crafted and almost always correct (which is to say we sometimes disagree). That much is apparent for all to see. What only her colleagues know is that her suggestions improve the opinions the rest of us write, and that she is a source of collegiality and good judgment in all our work.” KnowsWritingI CanSometimesOpinionSourceJudgmentCourtFortuneDisagreeColleaguesSuggestionsGood FortuneGood Judgment Author:Antonin Scalia
“Close reading of tough-minded writing is still the best, cheapest, and quickest method known for learning to think for yourself... Reading, and rigorous discussion of that reading in a way that obliges you to formulate a position and support it against objections, is an operational definition of education... reading, analysis, and discussion is the way we develop reliable judgment, the principle way we come to penetrate covert movements behind the facade of public appearances.” ThinkingWayWritingStillsReadingBehindsKnownPrinciplesSupportMovementPositionJudgmentToughMethodDefinitionsAppearanceDiscussionAnalysisPenetrateObjectionsFacadeCovertThink For YourselfClose Reading Author:John Taylor Gatto
“For there below ground sits the Dark God, strong to call men to judgment; he sees all, and writes it in his memory.” MenWritingStrongMemoriesDarkJudgmentCall Me Book:The Libation Bearers: And The Eumenides: The Oresteia, Parts II and III. Source: The Libation Bearers: And The Eumenides: The Oresteia, Parts II and III.