"Starting the blog was a way for me to generate this nonfiction first-person voice naturally, gradually, without feeling performance anxiety. It felt a bit like keeping journals when I was younger, but connecting to an instant readership without having to wait for publication made it also immediately satisfying."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Kate Christensen

#Voice Quotes #Waiting Quotes #Anxiety Quotes

“I went through this difficult time [in the 1984] when we were making our third record where I kind of lost my mind. That's when the bulimia kicked in. And that's when I got really freaky.”
“I like writing flawed women, and being one, its something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.”
“I am inspired beyond my ability to articulate... and now I know what and who I want to be... a soldier for peace.”
“Even if a movie's not a hit, it still has to have something to do with the big thing, which is the stand-up. It pays the most, first of all. It's the thing that I can do at a high, high level. Amongst the best.”
“The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.”
“It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage.”
“You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.”
“I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.”

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