Every writer is a thief, though some of us are more clever than others at disguising our robberies. The reason writers are such slow readers is that we are ceaselessly searching for things we can steal and then pass off as our own.
Joseph Epstein (via herwrittings)
We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.
Einstein (via bridgettelizabeth)
Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him to the public.
Winston Churchill (via amandaonwriting)
(Source: wisps)
Reading books is like debating with dead people in the margins. My books look like I wiped my brain with them.
Chef and entrepreneur Eddie Huang makes a comedic but brilliant case for marginalia at the 2012 Penny Conference. (via explore-blog)
Sit in a room and read—and read and read. And read the right books by the right people. Your mind is brought onto that level, and you have a nice, mild, slow-burning rapture all the time.
Joseph Campbell (via amandaonwriting)
It takes three to make love, not two: you, your spouse, and God. Without God people only succeed in bringing out the worst in one another. Lovers who have nothing else to do but love each other soon find there is nothing else. Without a central loyalty life is unfinished.
Fulton J. Sheen (via myquotelibrary)
(Source: panicatthepolicebox)
Everything stinks till it’s finished.
Dr. Seuss (via myquotelibrary)
I’m not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance.
Jon Stewart (via 42lies)
(Source: ghostisborn)
