“No two persons ever read the same book.”–Edmund Wilson
(Still a favorite quote of mine.)
Edmund Wilson on Reading
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Mary Shelley on Chaos
“Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist in creating out of void but out of chaos.”–Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin)Shelley
Stendhal on a Good Book
“A good book is an event in my life.”-Stendhal, The Red and the Black
Jim Thompson on Story and Plot
“There are thirty-two ways to write a story, and I’ve used every one, but there is only one plot–things are not as they seem.”–Jim Thompson
Jim Thompson’s philosophy about plot aligns closely with mine. What is your attitude towards the subject? Please share in the comments!
Max Ernst on Grasping Mutually Distinct Realities
“Creativity is that marvelous capacity to grasp mutually distinct realities and draw a spark from their juxtaposition.”–Max Ernst
Happy Birthday, Edwin Arlington Robinson!
American poet Edwin Arlington Robinson was born on 22 December 1869:
Edwin Arlington Robinson
“Friends: people who borrow my books and set wet glasses on them.”–Edwin Arlington Robinson
Terry Pratchett on the First Draft
“The first draft is just telling yourself the story.”—Terry Pratchett
Ruth Stone on Getting it Down
“Never keep a poem waiting; it might be a really good one, and if you don’t get it down, it’s lost.”–Ruth Stone
Conversation That Matters…
In writing and in life…
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Robert Louis Stevenson on Two Books
Robert Louis Stevenson was born on this day in 1850.
Robert Louis Stevenson by Count Girolamo Nerli (1892). Scottish National Gallery.
“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”–Robert Louis Stevenson
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