Walter J. Ong famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.
Iâ€™m not a fan of â€˜write what you know.â€™ If you donâ€™t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing â€˜The Year of Living Biblically.â€™ That was kind of the point â€“ to learn.
I can write better than anyone who can write faster,
If the first requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite, the second is to put in your apprenticeship as a feeder when you have enough money to pay the check but not enough to produce indifference of the total.
Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.
I don't see much sense in that," said Rabbit. "No," said Pooh humbly, "there isn't. But there was going to be when I began it. It's just that something happened to it along the way.
I am officially Jewish, but Iâ€™m Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is an Italian restaurant.
You just can't let anything or anyone get in the way of who you are.
One can't have it both ways and both ways is the only way I want it.
I'm not an athiest. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.

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