Political Quote by Nick Laird

Dominant narrative is so overwhelming in politics. The smallest gaffe when the momentum is against you is a disaster. But when it is with…

— Ed Miliband

In the fall of 1989, I was writing 600-word columns at the 'Herald.' My heart always was in long-form narrative writing, though. It's what…

— Charlie Pierce

I knew how to write like an academic, so I knew how to write academic papers and essays and things. But the things that…

— Tara Westover

I started out as a writer of fiction, but nobody wanted to publish my work as a young man. So I decided to put…

— Fred Kaplan

I think all writing is about writing. All writing is a way of going out and exploring the world, of examining the way we…

— Nick Laird

I think all writing is political. All writing shows a preoccupation with something, whatever that thing might be, and by putting pen to paper…

— Nick Laird

I think each of us can, through our writing, discover our super power

— Donald Miller

I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I…

— Zadie Smith

Good science is all about following the data as it shows up and letting yourself be proven wrong, and letting everything change while you're…

— Rebecca Skloot

I think all writing is a disease. You can't stop it.

— William Carlos Williams

“I once had a substitute teacher in my 4th grade class that was wonderful. He said learning was like throwing mud on a wall.…

— Michele Gwynn

I think in any writing you're paying attention to detail.

— Peter Matthiessen