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Deborah Treisman • The Underground Worlds of Haruki Murakami
This was my one great vacation in life. It would have to end sometime, but until it did I was determined to enjoy it.
Jay Rubin • The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel (Vintage International)
... See moreAnnie Dillard calls the writer’s life colorless to the point of sensory deprivation. That fits. But, as she also knows, there is another kind of color that can only be discovered three years down a writing hole. It is a subtle, nightly color; your eyes need time to adjust to the dark before you can see them. You wouldn't believe their beauty if I t
Another moral is to look for your material everywhere, not just by reading the obvious sources and interviewing the obvious people. Look at signs and at billboards and at all the junk written along the American roadside. Read the labels on our packages and the instructions on our toys, the claims on our medicines and the graffiti on our walls.
William Zinsser • On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction
I wondered if I would get tired of looking at something that had become my book jacket. The answer is no, and I never will. The painting informs my life.