The ideal form for a poem, essay, or fiction, is that which the ideal writer would evolve spontaneously. One in whom the… — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
What keeps me motivated to create new music is the joy of songwriting. The joy of being creative. The joy of writing… — Nick Heyward Copy Share Image
I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake. — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
Doctrines, scriptures, sutras, essays, are not to be regarded as systems to be followed. They merely contribute to understanding. They should be… — Wei Wu Wei Copy Share Image
Some of the exuberance of my essay-writing has gone because I'm worried about the uses they could serve. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
In a series of wonderful essays, Evan Handler gives himself up to us - warts and all. To our amusement and bemusement… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
For all the power of video and film, I am not giving up my pen. I am just much more likely to… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“As a group who can never afford the expensive fiction of having a nation—and whose bodies suffer from nationalism by being used… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Most of us have a few events that divide our lives into “before” and “after.” — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I write essays first because I have a passionate relationship to the subject and second because the subject is one that people… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“Oh, yes, dear reader: the essay is alive. There is no reason to despair.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Something outrageous, in the truest sense of the word, is always happening. On social networks, we're always voicing our reactions to these… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
The key to good worldbuilding is leaving out most of what you create. You, as the author, had damn well better know… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Single guys can easily simulate some of the joys of marriage simply by installing one of those GPS devices that use a… — Barry Parham Copy Share Image
I believe the personal essay is underrated for both writer and reader. It affords the writer great freedom: to speak personally yet… — Marty Nemko Copy Share Image
I think there's much more privileging of the new in art. I think people want to think they privilege the new in… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
Every man who has seen the world knows that nothing is so useless as a general maxim.... If, like those of Rochefoucault,… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
What I'm exploring right now is the subject of my own mortality, It's an area that I'm curious about, and I'm researching… — Leonard Nimoy Copy Share Image
In Philadelphia, I inadvertently came upon an edition of Robert Ingersoll's Essays and Lectures. This was an exciting discovery; his atheism confirmed… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
Back in the day, a lot of our instructors in nonfiction were actually fiction scholars. So they would bring in stories as… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
People question what I thought of Oxford. Students used to talk about the 'Oxford bubble' because the place can make you feel… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
I feel that I'm an essayist and that my best work gets done in that form. I wanted to do a book… — Meghan Daum Copy Share Image
