Writing itself, if not misunderstood and abused, becomes a way of empowering the writing self. It converts anger and disappointment into deliberate and durable aggression, the writer's main source of energy. It converts sorrow and self-pity into empathy, the writer's… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
Basketball teams, after the perfunctory lay-up drill, fall into the crowded isolation and personal style of 10 city kids shooting at the same basket… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
Writing itself, if not misunderstood and abused, becomes a way of empowering the writing self. It converts anger and disappointment into deliberate and durable… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
A professional football team warms up grimly and disparately, like an army on maneuvers: the ground troops here, the tanks there, the artillery and… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
