“...I know Shakespeare said art is holding up a mirror to nature- but you're actually bending and refracting it through your interior… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...there is a myth called objective reality - we think an impersonal world exists apart from us - it doesn't - it… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...if you always move in certainty, your writing will be flat - creativity is a rugged terrain...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...writing with ferocity is a gift, provided that ferocity is a monomaniacal devotion to pursuing the truth ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...when you're a writer, you become deeper and more uniquely distinct, the more you go inside yourself...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...the secret to writing is to get your own pain - shout it out till it hurts your throat - weep it… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...the most beautiful things don't always make you happy - often they make you weep...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...language always occurs in a context - you can speak Elizabethan words, but to speak the language you have to put on… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“... my early writing was a silent fury - at what or whom, I had no idea - but I shut it… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...it's not the medium that's the message - it's consciousness - the wonder of being able to wonder ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...the answer is not in the damn blank page - it's in the days or years before and you have to dredge… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...consider yourself a functional character in someone else's novel - a background character - a person on the street - that's the… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...those others - they're looking for trends - subjects to catch a spark - but I have you - a coal from God's altar… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...careful the morning lest it wake from slumber the city half-encumbered by the morning mist ...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“... my early writing was a silent fury - at what or whom, I had no idea - but I shut it in until… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...little children adore me - I'm a Troll Tamer and they know it!...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...all this time I've been worshiping you - when other men wanted to kiss you, I've been offering the praise of my lips...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“... the scarlet thread,the red clay from which we were made, runs in tiny streams through all our veins, reminding us of where we… — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...you are not what you seem - you're a Sylph - you leave and the air retains your image - you haunt me...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...God daubs stars into galaxies with fiery paint - the same lacquer he uses upon your lips...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...language always occurs in a context - you can speak Elizabethan words, but to speak the language you have to put on the mindset...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...the feelings that pass between us are deeper than fleshly touches...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“...open the access to your heart and write down what your voice is whispering...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
