Writing And Thinking

To avoid criticism, do

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing and be nothing. Elbert Hubbard

Writing is a socially

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. E. L. Doctorow

We should think more about it, and accustom ourselves to the thought of death. We can’t allow the fear of death to creep up on us unexpectedly. We have to make the fear familiar, and one way is to write about it. I don’t think writing and thinking about death is characteristic only of old … Read more

Well into the 19th

Well into the 19th century there were pronouncements from just about every branch of science and medicine that reading, writing, and thinking were dangerous for women. Articles in the Lancet declared that women’s brains would burst and their uteruses atrophy if they engaged in any form of rigorous thinking. The famous physician J.D. Kellogg insisted … Read more

Many books require no

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Charles Caleb Colton

I don’t freestyle, but

I don’t freestyle, but when I’m writing and thinking, sometimes things pop up – that’s basically a freestyle. Andre Benjamin

You can’t try to

You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them. Ray Bradbury