Monday morning inspiration
“Everything I learned about human nature I learned from me.” —Chekhov (via Crazyhorse Journal)
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 auction, and it bears an interesting quote: I can just see the…
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)
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 (for this and other recent quotes, thanks to Crazyhorse Journal)
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
Monday morning inspiration
“Always pull back—and see how silly we must look to God.” —Jack Kerouac
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 describes how chimpanzees were observed carrying around the bodies of dead infants for weeks or even months. In…
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 is inspirational or scary. But I like the quote.)