John Wieners famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated, if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it.
My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
He [Hemingway] used a stand-up work place he had fashioned out of the top of of a bookcase near his bed. His portable typewriter was snugged in there and papers were spread along the top of the bookcase on either side of it. He used a reading board for longhand writing.
Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write.
I can write better than anyone who can write faster,
Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.
In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.
I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.
The business models in enterprise have changed pretty dramatically. A huge problem with enterprise software traditionally has been usually you sell to the customer and then they adopt the technology. The great thing about 'freemium' and the new way enterprise software is being sold is you get to try it first and then buy it.

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