February 2012
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January 2012
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e.e. cummings--all which isn't singing is mere...
all which isn't singing is mere talking
and all talking's talking to oneself
(whether that oneself be sought or seeking
master or disciple sheep or wolf)
gush to it as diety or devil
-toss in sobs and reasons threats and smiles
name it cruel fair or blessed evil-
it is you (ne i)nobody else
drive dumb mankind dizzy with haranguing
-you are deafened every mother's son-
all is merely talk which...
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“Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for introverts who...”
– John Green
December 2011
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“If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn’t help the poor,...”
– Stephen Colbert
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“The Venn Diagram of guys who don’t like smart girls and guys you...”
– A pearl of wisdom from John Green
November 2011
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“I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast...”
– Louis C.K (Louie Season 2, Episode 5—“Country Drive”)
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“I’m always suspicious. If I think a comedian is too good-looking and they were a...”
– Conan O’Brien on the WTF Podcast with Marc Marron
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Jonathan Franzen's "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction"
1 The reader is a friend, not an adversary, not a spectator.
2 Fiction that isn’t an author’s personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn’t worth writing for anything but money.
3 Never use the word “then” as a conjunction – we have “and” for this purpose. Substituting “then” is the lazy or tone-deaf writer’s ...
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October 2011
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“Saying ‘I notice you’re a nerd’ is like saying, ‘Hey, I...”
– John Green