At the end, we can embrace and love whatever we want of an author's work. But we also can't ignore a writer's… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Readers are increasingly reliant on digital sources for information - and they are increasingly reliant on these sources to be accurate. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
The goals of literature are multifold, but creating nice, positive protagonists that you'd want to grab drinks with or invite home to… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Of course, authors can still burn their manuscripts - but once something is out in the world, especially if it ever saw… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
I can understand pulling a book whose contents have been questioned - after all, false information has a way of sticking in… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Writer's block has probably existed since the invention of writing, but the term itself was first introduced into the academic literature in… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
There will be great books. There will be great films. Sometimes, if we are lucky, the two will intersect. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
An e-book is not a physical book. That point might seem trite until you stop for a moment to think how much… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Cloud Atlas' is but one of a long list of titles deemed unfilmable, by author and movie moguls alike, until it was,… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
The cognitive skills that underpin resilience, then, seem like they can indeed be learned over time, creating resilience where there was none. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
If you are lucky enough to never experience any sort of adversity, we won't know how resilient you are. It's only when you're faced… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
We don't appreciate luck in life when things are going well. No matter how smart I am and how I prepare, there are things… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
I'm capable of just putting my butt in a chair and spending nine hours a day studying poker. I took it as a full… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Creativity requires novelty. Imagination is all about counterfactuals and untested possibilities that don't yet exist. — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
One of the things that women really excel at is reading and reacting to subtle cues. We've always had to do that because men… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
To a child, 'The Little Prince' is the story of a boy who falls from the sky, meets lots of funny people on his… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
It's strange, when you think about it, that we spend close to a third of our lives asleep. Why do we do it? While… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Fraternities breed leaders. That, at least, is what most any chapter website will tell you, in not so many words - and the message… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
Las vegas shouldn't exist. The incongruity hits you from the moment you first glimpse it from the airplane. First mountains, then desert, then neat… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
“a failure to use all senses equals a scene not seen to its full potential, attention that has not been allocated properly, and subconscious… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
