"People like me write because otherwise we are pretty inarticulate. Our articulation is our writing."

-- William Trevor

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Inarticulate Quotes

“Authentic thinking, thinking that is concerned about reality, does not take place in ivory tower isolation, but only in communication. If it is true that thought has meaning only when generated by action upon the world, the subordination of students to teachers becomes impossible.”
“I think that's my gift in this world is to put experience into music.”

Source : "Elle Varner was never 'the pretty girl' before perfectly imperfect" by Rebecca Thomas, www.mtv.com. August 14, 2012.
“Be yourself and the people that don't mind are the people that matter.”
“There are so many different kinds of writing and so many ways to work that the only rule is this: do what works. Almost everything has been tried and found to succeed for somebody. The methods, even the ideas of successful writers contradict each other in a most heartening way, and the only element I find common to all successful writers is persistence-an overwhelming determination to succeed.”

Source : Sophy Burnham (2011). “For Writers Only: Inspiring Thoughts on the Exquisite Pain and Heady Joy of the Writing Life from Its Great Practitioners”, p.51, Penguin
“Proclaim the only truth you can be totally sure of: "I don't know."”
“Indeed, I was unable to find any evidence whatsoever of the occurrence of a drastic evolutionary acceleration and genetic reconstruction in widespread, populous species.”
“Dachshunds have their own agenda and can be stubborn about seeing their plans through to completion. What Rosie lacked in consistency, she made up for in enthusiasm. Most of the time when I called her name, she sprinted back, her long ears cocked and flying like a little girl's pigtails. Each encounter was a glorious reunion, even if we'd been parted for only a minute or two. I had never felt so loved.”
“Gay sex is a veritable breeding ground for disease.”

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