"Writing, in any sense that matters, cannot be taught. It can only be learned by each separate one of us in his own way, by the use of his own powers of imagination and perception, the ability to learn the lessons he has set for himself."

-- Katherine Anne Porter

#Writing Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Perception Quotes

“I have this ideal listener, as John Cage did. This listener doesn't bring expectations that my music will fit into some part of music history, or that it will do any particular thing. This listener is just open to listening.”
“It took a lot of time for me to understand that I'm not competing against anybody but myself.”
“I decided to make myself a little less precious with my storytelling. I think you can see from the first three pieces in the book that I have a long term relationship with the short story as a form and I really love an elegantly crafted story that has several elements that come together in a way that is emotionally complex and different from when we started. That kind of crystalline, perfect, idealized thing that the short story as a genre has come to represent.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Move fast, take risks, it's okay to try big things you're better off trying something and having it not work and learning from that than having not done anything at all.”
“If you feel you are down on your luck, check the level of your effort.”
“You can still die when the sun is shining.”
“I have a theory that, for people of color or others who have been cut out of the master narrative, just telling your personal survival tale, your story, is civic engagement. It is a kind of political performance and is really crucial in that storytelling is how the writers connect with people and change. It's how we collect and add to and complicate the master narrative.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“For this freedom I have given all I had For this darkness I gave my light For this wisdom I have lost my innocence Take my petals And cover me with the night”

Source : Song: Rose Red, Album: Enchant, 2003

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