"If you want my advice, Peter, you've made a mistake already. By asking me. By asking anyone. Never ask people. Not about your work. Don't you know what you want? How can you stand it, not to know?" - Howard Roark … [Read more...]
“Show Don’t Tell is Crap” – Orson Scott Card
August 11, 2011 By
I went to Uncle Orson's Writing Class and would trade very few life experiences for it. It's irreplaceable. Many years, Orson. … [Read more...]
Sucking With a Goal
August 7, 2011 By
"You can't get to wonderful without passing through alright." —Andrew Zuckerman (via Bill Withers) #99conf … [Read more...]
Writing Quickly
July 16, 2011 By
Steve Manning says "If you want to write well… write fast! If you want to be prolific, write quickly." This is inspiring to me, because I want to do both of those things. It's not a rule, though. Koontz perfects each page as a page before he moves to the next one, and he only writes maybe 5 pages in a day. But look at how many books he sells. There are inspiring imperatives that I don't have to … [Read more...]
Stupidity Being the More Common
July 15, 2011 By
"The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity." - Harlan Ellison … [Read more...]
For Some People, Freedom is the Right to Willfull Ignorance
July 15, 2011 By
"You are not entitled to your opinion. You are entitled to your informed opinion. No one is entitled to be ignorant." - Harlan Ellison … [Read more...]
Pseudo-Intellectualism
July 15, 2011 By
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - Harlan Ellison … [Read more...]
Being Underestimated
July 15, 2011 By
"I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid" - Harlan Ellison … [Read more...]