"One demonstrable effect this type of work can have is in its viral promulgation. Take Kathy Acker for example: her work exists mainly through academic channels. Students are exposed to her novels, and some read her, then, on their own, but some also go to grad school: teach her, write about her, keep her going."

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Davis Schneiderman

#Writing Quotes #School Quotes #Students Quotes

“The great wisdom for writers, perhaps for everybody, is to come to understand to be at one with their own tempo.”
“This is a terrible confession to make, but after I left the Army I had a number of things to try. I had a great conceit to think that if all else failed I could always go to Hollywood. So when all else did fail I really went to Hollywood. And then I found out how wrong I was.”
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Through all of history mankind has ingested psychedelic substances. Those substances exist to put you in touch with spirits beyond yourself, with the creator, with the creative impulse of the planet.”
“I'm not a writer. I marvel at writing. I am sometimes absolutely astounded when I read something and I think how in the world did that man or that woman sit down at a typewriter, a computer or a pen and an ink well, and seemingly have nothing come between their heart and that pen.”
“The best way to win an argument is to begin by being right.”
“Among the problems with shame was that it in fact did not make you shorter or quieter or less visible. You just felt like you were.”

Source : J.R. Ward (2008). “Lover Enshrined: A Novel of The Black Dagger Brotherhood”, p.72, Penguin
“Mac." He said my name and laughed. "What a name for something like you. Mac.”

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