Essays Quote by Nicholson Baker

My English teacher, Dr. John Lindstrom, taught me an appreciation for the written word. Until his class, I'd dabbled in journalism and essay writing.…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

I love essays, but they're not always the best way to communicate to a larger audience.

— Chris Abani

Many good poets are really essayists who write very short essays.

— Nicholson Baker

Writing has to do with truth-telling. When you're writing, let's say, an essay for a magazine, you try to tell the truth at every…

— Nicholson Baker

As I write, snow is falling outside my Maine window, and indoors all around me half a hundred garden catalogues are in bloom.

— Katharine Sergeant Angell White

In Maine, we are fortunate to have a Clean Elections system that allows legislators to turn down corporate special interest money. At the national…

— Chellie Pingree

“My grandfather once told her if you couldn't read with cold feet, there wouldn't be a literate soul in the state of Maine.”

— Marilynne Robinson

I've made my evolutionary purpose and had children. I don't care if anybody likes me, I'm going to do what I want to do.…

— John Hodgman

Now, [Donald] Trump has thus far gotten endorsements from illustrious group, that includes Sarah Palin, David Duke, Dennis Rodman, racially profiling birther sheriff, Joe…

— Chris Hayes

Before we announced Judge Merric Garland, people were saying they would not even deign to meet with him. And we're also aware that early…

— Denis McDonough

We must provide our kids with the skills they need to stay and succeed here in Maine - that's something we all agree on.

— Sara Gideon

Making a logging-road in the Maine woods is called "swamping" it, and they who do the work are called "swampers." I now perceivedthe fitness…

— Henry David Thoreau