"One problem with writing on the computer, as I do, is that the page is never really 'blank." It is backed by all this energy or potential energy...one can always check the New York Times, or look at real estate, or investigate some intriguing new person in one's life. The span and space for writing feels like a tunnel under these massive mountains of information."

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Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

Dan Chiasson

#Real Quotes #Writing Quotes #Mountain Quotes

“Michigan, with its delicious American name. How lucky one must be to live there.”
“I lived in Georgetown in the late 70s about four houses down from the steps.”
“We're all cremated equal.”
“People being forced to get health care and the insurance companies making millions.”
“She's one of those third year girls who gripe my liver... You know, American college kids. They come over here to take their third year and lap up a little culture... They're officious and dull. They're always making profound observations they've overheard.”
“Art has to be severe. It cannot be commercial. It cannot be for the producer or even for the public. It has to be for oneself.”
“As I mentioned previously, the tools that allow for optimum health are diet and exercise.”
“Going against the tide has never been difficult for me. It wasn't even a conscious decision but the natural consequence of following my own instinct.”

Source : "Achieving The Impossible". Book by Lewis Gordon Pugh, 2010.

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