“On Writing: Aphorisms and Ten-Second Essays 1. A beginning ends what an end begins. 2. The despair of the blank page: it… — James Richardson Copy Share Image
Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to… — James Richardson Copy Share Image
When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing. — James Richardson Copy Share Image
Writing is like washing windows in the sun. With every attempt to perfect clarity, you make a new smear. — James Richardson Copy Share Image
If you do more than your share you'd better want to: otherwise, you're paying yourself in a currency recognized nowhere else. — James Richardson Copy Share Image
Metaphor isn't just a fancy turn of speech. It shapes our thoughts and feelings, reaches out to grasp new experience, and even binds our… — James Richardson Copy Share Image
It is by now proverbial that every proverb has its opposite. For every Time is money there is a Stop and smell the roses.… — James Richardson Copy Share Image
Reason is the lesser faith that steers us when we have already lost a greater one. — James Richardson Copy Share Image