Writer Quotes by Maria Konnikova

8 Writer quotes by Maria Konnikova

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Maria Konnikova’s musings on the writer’s mindset are brief yet thoughtful, reflecting her analytical background. This small collection offers a clear, focused glimpse of how she perceives the intersection of psychology and prose.

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Of course, authors can still burn their manuscripts - but once something is out in the world, especially if it ever saw…

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I can understand pulling a book whose contents have been questioned - after all, false information has a way of sticking in…

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Writer's block has probably existed since the invention of writing, but the term itself was first introduced into the academic literature in…

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It may be that learning to do creative work of any kind - not just direct imagery exercises - may help combat…

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An e-book is not a physical book. That point might seem trite until you stop for a moment to think how much…

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The last thing in the world I want to do is write something in memory of Walter Mischel. I still can't quite…

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For as long as writers have written, they've had second thoughts about their work.

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“A helpful exercise is to describe the situation from the beginning, either out loud or in writing, as if to a stranger…

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The cognitive skills that underpin resilience, then, seem like they can indeed be learned over time, creating resilience where there was none.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Creativity requires novelty. Imagination is all about counterfactuals and untested possibilities that don't yet exist.

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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…

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To a child, 'The Little Prince' is the story of a boy who falls from the sky, meets lots of funny people on his…

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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…

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Fraternities breed leaders. That, at least, is what most any chapter website will tell you, in not so many words - and the message…

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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…

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I hate casinos. I have zero interest in gambling.

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“a failure to use all senses equals a scene not seen to its full potential, attention that has not been allocated properly, and subconscious…

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It's not at all a far jump to think that overall perceptions of gender - and what is and is not important in gender…

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“We are terrible at seeking evidence that challenges our own beliefs, but other people do us this favor, just as we are good at…

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All too often, when it comes to our own minds, we are surprisingly mindless. We sail on, blithely unaware of how much we are…

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