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Whether or not you write well, write bravely
Whether or not you write well, write bravely
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.
Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else.
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.
Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.
Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all read more
Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world read more
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is read more
I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.