"I think the most reliable way to teach it is through reading work aloud over and over. Many prose writers been encouraged to do that, but that might be changing. Denise was the one who taught me to develop my ear. I never knew how to listen to writing until she started reading her work to me."

-- Paul Lisicky

#Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I wish I had time to do more reading, but I just haven't had much time. But I still find time for writing. I've always preferred writing over reading, even though those things do go hand in hand. But when I do have time, even if it's not writing music, just writing in general - ideas and stories and things like that.”

Source : "Youth Lagoon: Out Of The House, Into The Bughouse". Interview with Alexandria Symonds, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 5, 2013.
“Isnâ€™t there a time or two you can remember when somehow an animal youâ€™ve hunted has done something to make you let him vanish in the woods? â€¦ Isnâ€™t there a bird or covey that somehow always manages to catch you with your gun on safe â€” even when you know itâ€™s there? â€œI think we all know times that for almost certain we gave the hunt to the quarry.”
“My friends would certainly call me out if I didn't say that I like to create a bit of chaos and stir things up in my own life.”

Source : Interview with Brian Fegter, www.amc.com. 2012.
“Some people might say I need to learn how to relax.”
“An eternal question about children is, how should we educate them? Politicians and educators consider more school days in a year, more science and math, the use of computers and other technology in the classroom, more exams and tests, more certification for teachers, and less money for art. All of these responses come from the place where we want to make the child into the best adult possible, not in the ancient Greek sense of virtuous and wise, but in the sense of one who is an efficient part of the machinery of society. But on all these counts, soul is neglected.”
“God, how we get our fingers in each other's clay. That's friendship, each playing the potter to see what shapes we can make of each other.”
“But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.”
“On stage, there are hundreds of people watching you. It's so much energy directed at you. I pick up energy really easily. Even if I go to the grocery store and no one is paying attention to me, I can pick up other people's moods and it's really intense.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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