Life is too sweet to waste on self propaganda
Came across a good little article in the LA Times on author self-promotion. It seems that a letter from Jack Kerouac has just turned up at a literary…
Monday morning inspiration
“I believe in words. I believe that words are little gods. I believe that books are bibles.” —Marcel Pomerlo (via Crazyhorse Journal)
A Virtual Love
Hmm, this site seems to have been on autopilot for a while now. What’s going on? Well a few things. First, summer.…
Monday morning inspiration
“Truth is not an unveiling which destroys the secret, but a revelation that does it justice.” —Walter Benjamin (via Crazyhorse Journal)
Monday morning inspiration
“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.” —Charles Bukowski…
Monday morning inspiration
“Writing is finally a series of permissions you give yourself to be expressive in certain ways. To leap. To fly. To fail.” —Susan Sontag
How chimps mourn their dead
I was just going through some old magazines and came across a fascinating article in New Scientist – web version here. It…
Monday morning inspiration
“Writing is easy. You just sit down at the typewriter and open a vein.” —Red Smith (On reflection, not sure if this…